Of the several plausible ways Black has to defend his e-pawn, 2...Qf6 is considered one of the weaker choices, since the queen is developed prematurely and can become a target for attack. Also, the black knight on g8 is deprived of its most natural square. There is, however, no obvious refutation of this opening; White's advantage consists mainly of smoother development.
Although it is a popular opening choice by novice players, it has also been used by players who, according to International MasterGary Lane, "should know better".
Examplesedit
Greco lineedit
Greco himself illustrated the following amusing line against this defence in 1620:
greco, defence, mcconnell, defence, named, after, gioachino, greco, 1600, 1634, chess, opening, that, begins, with, moves, abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghmoves1, qf6ecoc40named, aftergioachino, grecoparentking, knight, openingsynonym, mcconnell, defence, open. The Greco Defence or McConnell Defence named after Gioachino Greco c 1600 c 1634 is a chess opening that begins with the moves Greco Defenceabcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghMoves1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Qf6ECOC40Named afterGioachino GrecoParentKing s Knight OpeningSynonym s McConnell Defence 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Qf6 The opening is categorised by Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings as code C40 Contents 1 Discussion 2 Examples 2 1 Greco line 2 2 McConnell game 2 3 Busch game 3 See also 4 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves Discussion editOf the several plausible ways Black has to defend his e pawn 2 Qf6 is considered one of the weaker choices since the queen is developed prematurely and can become a target for attack Also the black knight on g8 is deprived of its most natural square There is however no obvious refutation of this opening White s advantage consists mainly of smoother development Although it is a popular opening choice by novice players it has also been used by players who according to International Master Gary Lane should know better Examples editGreco line edit Greco himself illustrated the following amusing line against this defence in 1620 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Qf6 3 Bc4 Qg6 4 0 0 Qxe4 5 Bxf7 Ke7 5 Kxf7 6 Ng5 wins the black queen 6 Re1 Qf4 7 Rxe5 Kxf7 7 Kd8 8 Re8 8 d4 Qf6 9 Ng5 Kg6 10 Qd3 Kh6 11 Nf7 1 0 1 McConnell game edit Morphy vs McConnell 1849abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 11 Nxd4 Morphy vs McConnell New Orleans 1849 2 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Qf6 3 Nc3 c6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 Qg6 6 Bd3 6 Qxd4 gives White a big lead in development 6 Qxg2 7 Rg1 Qh3 8 Rg3 Qh5 9 Rg5 Qh3 10 Bf1 Qe6 11 Nxd4 diagram and Morphy was better Busch game edit Paulsen vs Busch Dusseldorf 1863 3 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Qf6 3 Bc4 Nh6 Making some sense since Black is able to respond Qxh6 if White were to play d4 followed by Bxh6 4 0 0 Bc5 5 Nc3 c6 6 d4 Bxd4 7 Nxd4 exd4 8 e5 Qg6 9 Qxd4 And again White is ahead in development See also editGreco Countergambit List of chess openings List of chess openings named after peopleReferences edit nbsp The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of Greco Defence Opening Lanes Gary Lane Chesscafe com 2001 last question on the page Benjamin Joel Schiller Eric 1987 Greco Defence Unorthodox Openings Macmillan Publishing Company pp 91 92 ISBN 0 02 016590 0 Schiller Eric 1998 McConnell Defense Unorthodox Chess Openings Cardoza Publishing p 287 ISBN 0 940685 73 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greco Defence amp oldid 1194865629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
