How to PUNISH Early Queen Attacks in the Sicilian Defense

Today I’ll show you how to punish the early queen attacks (or Scholar’s Mate tricks) in the Sicilian Defense, which might happen after the following moves: 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qf3 or 3.Qh5.

Early queen attack is an unsound and disrespectful attempt of your opponents to checkmate you within a few moves. You will learn how to brutally and mercilessly punish these tricks instead of defending passively.

Below, you can find the variations shown in the video: