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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).
Since taking the knight is fatal, a slightly better variation Black can choose to play after 3.Nxe5 is 3...Qe7 4.Nf3 Qxe4+. White can then force a trade of queens with 5. Qe2 or can continue developing.
The only other major response to 2...f6 is 3.Bc4 which is forces 3...d6 to defend e4 because after a knight sacrifice Black is worse off than with the immediate sacrifice of the knight at e5.
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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