Portuguese Opening

Portuguese Opening

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The Portuguese Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves:1.e4 e5:2.Bb5

The Portuguese is an uncommon opening.In contrast to the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5), by delaying Nf3 White leaves the f-pawn free to move and retains the possibility of playing d3 and f4.The tradeoff is that White's lack of pressure on e5 leaves Black with a freer hand.

If Black replies 2...Nf6, White can try a gambit with 3.d4.Another Black reply is 2...Nc6, possibly hoping White will transpose into the Ruy Lopez with 3.Nf3, but a more popular try is to kick White's bishop with 2...c6.The game might continue 3.Ba4 Nf6 and now White can play 4.Nc3 or 4.Qe2.

References

*cite book | author=Burgess, Graham | title=The Mammoth Book of Chess | publisher=Carroll & Graf | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0-7867-0725-9

External links

* [http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/C20_Portuguese_Opening 227 Games at Chess.com]


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