[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Exploding English Opening No."] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A22"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Everything appears normal, a reversed Open Sicilian but White now chooses a cheeky line to try and take advantage of the extra move.} 5. Qh5 $1 {The exclamation mark is for knowing when to bring the queen out early! As we will see this move comes with a lot of potency. Black needs to think about the attacked e-pawn and could go immediately wrong, particularly in Blitz.} Nd7 $2 {but this is not it.} (5... Qe7 $2 {nor this.} 6. Nxd5) (5... Bd6 $2 {And this is not the solution either.} 6. Nxd5) (5... e4 $2 {And nor is this.} 6. Qxd5) (5... Qd6 {At least this does defend the e-pawn without losing the knight on d5 but it looks a bit awkward.} 6. f4 {reinforcing the attack.} Nc6 (6... Nxc3 7. fxe5 Qc5 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qxe5 10. Qxe5+ Nxe5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nf3 b6 $14) 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ng4 {Other moves give White a big advantage.} (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. e4 O-O 13. Rb1 {and Black's bishop on c8 has no decent squares. If} b6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. e5 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. O-O) 10. Nf3 {and White has a nice central grip.}) (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Qd6 {Perhaps the only logical move but White can bear more pressure on Black's centre.} 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 (9. Ng5 g6 10. Qe2 f5 11. Qc4 {and Black's defence looks difficult.})) (5... Nxc3 $6 6. Qxe5+ Be7 7. bxc3 {and White appears to be a safe pawn up.}) (5... Be6 {Not obvious but helps Black avoid too many pitfalls} 6. Nf3 (6. Qxe5 {to ensure a scrap White can grab the pawn} Nd7 7. Qe4 Nc5 8. Qb1 {is unbalanced with chances for both sides}) 6... Nb4 7. Ng5 Qd7 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9. Qd1 e4 10. a3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 exd3 {is about level}) 6. Nxd5 {Oops!} *