Answers.Body: <p>Owen's Defense is a bit passive, but quite solid opening, so there aren't that many traps to watch out for.</p>
  
  <p>Here is a primitive one:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  [Title "Owen's Defense"]
  [Startply "5"]
  
  1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Bc4?! Bxe4? (3... e6) 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Ng5+ Ke8 6. Nxe4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Black has lost their castling rights, so there must be some advantage for white. </p>
  
  <p><code>3. Bc4</code> isn't a good move, though. After <code>3... e6</code> the white bishop is awkwardly placed.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <pre><code>[fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 "]
  
  1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Nf6 7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6++
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  <p>One possible trap for black is in the Matinovsky gambit which starts with ... 3.f5.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Wow, perfect! So, the 6th move Nf6 was a loosing move.. What is the best reply in this case? Possibly Bd5 ?
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Answers.Text: Yes Nf6 is a loosing move, i believe 6. ...Bg7 would be a better defense for black but still with a slight advantage for white. 3....f5 is the first dubious move from black's perspective
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Answers.Text: Yes, this is a standard trappy line in this opening; 6 . . . Nf6? loses instantly, and **Dark_Night**'s 6 . . . Bd5? is scarcely better (simply 7 Qxd5 and White's already a piece up and about to win the Ra8 or mate on f7).  The critical line is 6 . . . Bg7! because if White wins the Ng8 with 7 gxh7+ then he'll still lose the Rh1.  But there's a remarkable refutation starting 7 Qf5! Nf6 8 Bh6!! with the idea Bxh6 9 gxh7! and Black can take either Rook (one line starts Kf8 10 Qg6 Bc1 11 Qxg2 Bxb2) but should eventually lose.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%27s_Defence#Matovinsky_Gambit
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Answers.Text: 6...Bd5?? 7.g7+ Bf7 8.Qxf7+ Kxf7 9.gxh8=Q wins a piece and a rook for white.
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Body: <p>I recently heard about <strong>Owen's opening</strong>. <strong>1. e4 b6</strong> is the starting move which can transform into various lines. I am just curious about the traps (for both black and white) involved in this opening. I tried surfing on the internet but couldn't get any traps on this opening. So, are there any traps involved or not?</p>
  
  <p>PS- Although I've accepted an answer, feel free to add any relevant comment or answer !</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Searching by "1.e4 b6 miniatures" I found some interesting results. [For example](http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/chess_minis.htm) (do a "e4 b6" search):
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Title: Traps in the Owen's opening
ThreadText: # Traps in the Owen's opening
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-14)
  
  I recently heard about **Owen's opening**. **1. e4 b6** is the starting move which can transform into various lines. I am just curious about the traps (for both black and white) involved in this opening. I tried surfing on the internet but couldn't get any traps on this opening. So, are there any traps involved or not?
  
  PS- Although I've accepted an answer, feel free to add any relevant comment or answer !
  
  **Tags:** opening, opening-traps
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Searching by "1.e4 b6 miniatures" I found some interesting results. [For example](http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/chess_minis.htm) (do a "e4 b6" search):  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-10-14. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  ```
  [fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 "]
  
  1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Nf6 7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6++
  
  ```
  
  One possible trap for black is in the Matinovsky gambit which starts with ... 3.f5.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Wow, perfect! So, the 6th move Nf6 was a loosing move.. What is the best reply in this case? Possibly Bd5 ?  
  > **username_4**: Yes Nf6 is a loosing move, i believe 6. ...Bg7 would be a better defense for black but still with a slight advantage for white. 3....f5 is the first dubious move from black's perspective  
  > **username_5**: Yes, this is a standard trappy line in this opening; 6 . . . Nf6? loses instantly, and **Dark_Night**'s 6 . . . Bd5? is scarcely better (simply 7 Qxd5 and White's already a piece up and about to win the Ra8 or mate on f7).  The critical line is 6 . . . Bg7! because if White wins the Ng8 with 7 gxh7+ then he'll still lose the Rh1.  But there's a remarkable refutation starting 7 Qf5! Nf6 8 Bh6!! with the idea Bxh6 9 gxh7! and Black can take either Rook (one line starts Kf8 10 Qg6 Bc1 11 Qxg2 Bxb2) but should eventually lose.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%27s_Defence#Matovinsky_Gambit  
  > **username_6**: 6...Bd5?? 7.g7+ Bf7 8.Qxf7+ Kxf7 9.gxh8=Q wins a piece and a rook for white.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-10-14. Score: 5
  
  Owen's Defense is a bit passive, but quite solid opening, so there aren't that many traps to watch out for.
  
  Here is a primitive one:
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  [Title "Owen's Defense"]
  [Startply "5"]
  
  1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Bc4?! Bxe4? (3... e6) 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Ng5+ Ke8 6. Nxe4
  
  ```
  
  Black has lost their castling rights, so there must be some advantage for white.
  
  `3. Bc4` isn't a good move, though. After `3... e6` the white bishop is awkwardly placed.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-01-20. Score: 0
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/IHKz0.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/IHKz0.gif)The best thing to do after the bishop captures the pawn, is the move Ng1-f3 to lock the bishop. After your f5 pawn is in place you simply follow up with the knight to have many more attack options than to crush black with only your queen. Every variation, including bishop taking the knight you placed on f3 to block it, will result in severe slaughter of black by white, resulting in a massive material advantage for white or checkmate on black. O.O
  
  
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