Kick the Knight, Storm the King
English Attack Main Line 12.g5 b4 · sung from White's side
Verse 1
Pawn to e4, he plays c5 1.e4 c5
Knight to f3, pawn to d4 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
Knight takes d4, knight to c3 3...cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Bishop e3, knight back to b3 5...a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Pawn to f3, queen to d2 7...Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2
He castles short, I castle long 9...O-O 10.O-O-O
Chorus
Pawn to g4, pawn to g5 10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5
He hits c3, knight to e2 12...b4 13.Ne2
My g-pawn bites his knight on f6
Kick him back, the kingside's mine
Verse 2
His knight hides on e8, pawn to f4 13...Ne8 14.f4
Pawn to f5, I hunt his bishop 14...a5 15.f5
Take on e6, his pawn takes b3 15...a4 16.fxe6 axb3
Pawn takes b3, he takes on e6 17.cxb3 fxe6
Bishop to h3, my bishop eyes e6 18.Bh3
Rush my knight to g3 and I bleed
Chorus
Pawn to g4, pawn to g5 10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5
He hits c3, knight to e2 12...b4 13.Ne2
My g-pawn bites his knight on f6
Kick him back, the kingside's mine
Bridge
Opposite kings, the queens stay on
My knight on b3 holds his b-pawn
His d-pawn lags, more space is mine
Sharpest road in the book, one line
Chorus
Pawn to g4, pawn to g5 10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5
He hits c3, knight to e2 12...b4 13.Ne2
My g-pawn bites his knight on f6
Kick him back, the kingside's mine
Outro
Pawn to g4, pawn to g5 10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5
Kick the knight, the storm is mine
The whole song hangs on one move pair: g5 kicks the f6 knight, Ne2 sidesteps his b4 counter-hit, and then f4-f5 trades off his e6 bishop so that Bh3 lands on the doubled e-pawn — in master play this is the sharpest, one-road line in the catalog, and the queens almost never leave the board before move twenty.