Editing Greco Defence (section)

==Examples==

===Greco line===
Greco himself illustrated the following amusing line against this defence in 1620:
  
'''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6{{chesspunc|?!}} 3. Bc4 Qg6 4. 0-0 Qxe4 5. Bxf7+!! Ke7''' 
:5...Kxf7{{chesspunc|??}} 6.Ng5+! wins the black queen.

'''6. Re1 Qf4 7. Rxe5+ Kxf7'''
:7...Kd8 8.Re8{{chessAN|#}}

'''8. d4 Qf6 9. Ng5+ Kg6 10. Qd3+ Kh6 11. Nf7# {{chessAN|1–0}}'''<ref>[http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane36.pdf Opening Lanes] Gary Lane, Chesscafe.com, 2001, last question on the page.</ref>

===McConnell game===
{{Chess diagram  
 |tright
 |Morphy vs. McConnell, 1849
 |rd|nd|bd|  |kd|bd|nd|rd
 |pd|pd|  |pd|  |pd|pd|pd
 |  |  |pd|  |qd|  |  |  
 |  |  |  |  |pl|  |rl|  
 |  |  |  |nl|  |  |  |  
 |  |  |nl|  |  |  |  |  
 |pl|pl|pl|  |  |pl|  |pl
 |rl|  |bl|ql|kl|bl|  |  
 |Position after 11.Nxd4
}}
[[Paul Morphy|Morphy]] vs. McConnell, New Orleans 1849:<ref>{{cite book
 | last1=Benjamin
 | first1=Joel
 | authorlink1=Joel Benjamin
 | last2=Schiller
 | first2=Eric
 | authorlink2=Eric Schiller
 | title=Unorthodox Openings
 | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan Publishing Company]]
 | contribution=Greco Defence
 | pages=91–92
 | year=1987
 | isbn=0-02-016590-0}}</ref>
  
'''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qg6 6. Bd3'''
:6.Qxd4{{chesspunc|!}} gives White a big lead in development.

'''6... Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3 8. Rg3 Qh5 9. Rg5 Qh3 10. Bf1 Qe6 11. Nxd4''' (diagram) 
:... and Morphy was better.

===Busch game===
[[Louis Paulsen|Paulsen]] vs. Busch, Düsseldorf 1863:<ref>{{cite book
 |last=Schiller
 |first=Eric
 |authorlink=Eric Schiller
 |title=Unorthodox Chess Openings
 |publisher=[[Avery Cardoza#Cardoza Publishing|Cardoza Publishing]]
 |year=1998
 |chapter=McConnell Defense
 |page=[https://archive.org/details/unorthodoxchesso00schi/page/287 287]
 |isbn=0-940685-73-6
 |chapter-url-access=registration
 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/unorthodoxchesso00schi/page/287
 }}</ref>
 
'''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Nh6'''
:Making some sense, since Black is able to respond ...Qxh6 if White were to play d4 followed by Bxh6.

'''4. 0-0 Bc5 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4! Bxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. e5 Qg6 9. Qxd4'''
:And again, White is ahead in development.