Scholar's Mate

Stop the early queen raid. Cover f7, and kick the queen away with Nf6 or g6 before the bishop on c4 joins the attack.

Strong against

2.Qh5
2.Bc4 and Qh5

Weak against

Qb3 double attack
Quiet development

Variations

Nf6 Defense1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxe5 Be7 4. Nc3g6 DefenseLockedWin Nf6 Defense to unlockQe7 DefenseLockedWin g6 Defense to unlockNd4 DefenseLockedWin Qe7 Defense to unlockQueen TradeLockedWin Nd4 Defense to unlock

Opponent level

Hangs pieces. Then asks if that was theory.