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baddeeds 24-Jun-13, 18:09	Damino Defense In a different club, I talk a lot about this as there is a thread on it. The damino defense is very interesting because you have to be very careful about it. In the beginning black gives away a N early and you have to be careful not to take it, or it will spell disaster. Believe it or not, I am eventually planning to annotate the game about this defense, and when I do, I will post the annotation in this thread. To make a long story short, the defense proves that your opponent doesn't just give something away. When he does, there is something that he is about to accomplish so taking basically=underestimating him or her.
baddeeds 25-Jun-13, 17:15	I just annotated the game, and it is shown in the annotation below. gameknot.com
tactical_abyss 26-Jun-13, 13:30	I won't say too much here on this Def,i'll leave it up to you Joe.The Damino Def,listed under the ECO code of C40 is one of the oldest of chess openings,dating back to the 16th century.This defense connects the dots with my other post..."The weakest squares on the chessboard". Those squares are,of course,the f7 square for black and the f2 square for white.One of the keys for black to play a better/stronger game is to NOT weaken that f7 square more than it already is.The Damino does this with 2....f6 by exposing blacks King,weakening blacks Kingside and it takes away blacks best/strongest knights square(f6) in the opening.This further reduces the actual point value of blacks g8 Knight by a few decimals,even with the e7 square open.And landing blacks Knight on e7 only hems in blacks dark squared Bishop,further reducing the value of that Bishop.So its pretty much a tangled web of trouble that really black should avoid. The move order of 3.Nxe5,fxe5 is of course,a huge mistake by exposing black to a deadly attack....but it has been,and still is used today as a good learning tool for those still learning the different openings.I have successfully used it as far back as my High School chess club to defeat players in just a few moves just about as quickly as a fools mate,so it does have what I deem..."novel value".So its an oldie,but a goody.
tactical_abyss 26-Jun-13, 13:43	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 26-Jun-13, 13:52.
tactical_abyss 26-Jun-13, 13:52	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 26-Jun-13, 14:12.
tactical_abyss 26-Jun-13, 14:12	Joe, Above you mentioned that "black gives away an early Knight and you have to be careful not to take it".I think you mean that WHITE gives away an early Knight and Black has to be careful not to take it.Right?I had to mention this,so the readers will not get confused.Actually better to say that white exposes his Knight to potential capture after taking blacks pawn,so white is really not actually giving away his Knight.I forgot to mention that the Damino is a good blitz tool in 3 min games. TA

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