Today we will talk about how to deal with the annoying Patzers Opening (1. e4 e5 2. Qh5).

I guess many of you had met the trap below when you first met chess:

Or even you don't get checkmated, you probably lost your rook like this:

And now, I am going to tell you the correct ways to defend it - See in the board below. It includes many possible lines that white could play, so read carefully.

But, there is a special line: 5. Ne2. This line makes development for white, as game will close to equal sooner. And at this point, just continue your development. You can get some advice from IM Miodrag Perunovic (who is @thebutcher on chess.com, he is a chess coach and has a famous student Eric Hansen, known as a GM) , from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_laFP13VE&ab_channel=MiodragPerunovic

Thank you for reading and I hope you can get it!

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