Today I’d like to share with you the 5 aggressive ideas to punish the Bg4/Bg5 pin on your knight. It can be annoying when your opponents play Bg4 or Bg5 and pin your knight. However, this is one of the most common chess opening mistakes that amateurs make. One should know how to deal with or punish this pin.

Very often, chess players feel uncomfortable with this pin and they don’t know how to deal with it. As a result, they play passively by putting their bishop behind the knight to unpin it, such as Be2 or Be7, which is the worst reaction to an opponent trying to pin your knight.

There are a lot more aggressive and better ways to deal with this annoying pin. That is exactly what you will learn from this video lesson. Mainly, you will learn to exploit the major drawback of this Bg5/Bg4 move.

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