Mate in 11 (Damiano)

A common position in the rubbish Damiano Defence- White to play and mate in 11.

Originally posted by Zweite
[fen]rnbq1bnr/pppp2pp/6k1/4Q3/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R[/fen]
A common position in the rubbish Damiano Defence- White to play and mate in 11.

I don't think you can blame a position this bad on just the opening. Even the more common openings sometimes have 'only moves'. If Black refuses to play 3...Qe7, he's not really playing a 'name' opening any more; he's just getting punked.

Originally posted by SwissGambit
I don't think you can blame a position this bad on just the opening. Even the more common openings sometimes have 'only moves'. If Black refuses to play 3...Qe7, he's not really playing a 'name' opening any more; he's just getting punked.

Yes, that is true, but most commonly this is played by people unaware of Qe7, so they go piece-grabbing. Solved it yet?
(The opening is named after grandmaster Damiano who proved its rubbishness apparently!)

Btw, SwissGambit, thanks for the PG. Still working on it... 😳

SOLV'D (😉) SwissGambit... why am I not surprised?