Thanks @srchernik15 and @MoistvonLipwig! I haven't encountered that exact line, but I played an OTB game as black which went 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bd3? Nxd5 7.Nxh7?? I went on to win since his Knight was trapped.
In 6. as far as I know the move is Bb5+ winning the pawn and then after that you can play Qf3 or retreat the bishop
@srchernik15 Sure, you can play Qf3, but it's not really good.
In the Qf3 lines white has to suffer for the entire middle game and black can't even do that much wrong.
I wouldn't recommend old books. E.g. in old books it says that the line with exd5 Nxd5?! 6. Nxf7 etc. where you later play Nb4 a3 to sacrifice the rook was supposed to be winning for white while nowadays engines showed that it is in fact black who is winning there. (if you don't play a3 it's fine for white though)
@PatzerGareBear13 Sure, but that opponent must have been pretty terrible to play Nxh7.
In the Qf3 lines white has to suffer for the entire middle game and black can't even do that much wrong.
I wouldn't recommend old books. E.g. in old books it says that the line with exd5 Nxd5?! 6. Nxf7 etc. where you later play Nb4 a3 to sacrifice the rook was supposed to be winning for white while nowadays engines showed that it is in fact black who is winning there. (if you don't play a3 it's fine for white though)
@PatzerGareBear13 Sure, but that opponent must have been pretty terrible to play Nxh7.
@MoistvonLipwig yeah, that's true getting the queen out early and a bit exposed is maybe not the best idea. Although it's great to surprise
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