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The Damiano Defense is a chess opening characterized by the opening moves

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 f6

The move 2...f6? is a poor move which White can punish by sacrificing a knight with 3.Nxe5!. This leaves Black with the choice of playing 3. ...Qe7 regaining the pawn but losing valuable time, or taking the knight with 3...fxe5 exposing his king to a deadly attack after 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+. (See Sample chess game).

The name of the opening comes from the chessmaster Pedro Damiano (1480-1544) who correctly condemned the opening as bad for black.

The ECO code for the Damiano Defence is C40 (King's knight Opening).

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