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Knight to e2, I Call Your Bluff

Winawer 4.Ne2 · sung from White's side

Verse 1

Pawn to e4, pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4

Knight to c3, his bishop pins 2...d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

He wants my c-pawns stacked like twins

Knight to e2, the pin goes slack 4.Nge2

I lend the e-pawn, win it back

Chorus

Pawn to e4, pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4

Knight to c3, knight to e2 2...d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2

His bishop pins my knight on c3

My c-pawn whole, his pin falls through

Verse 2

Pawn to a3, my knight takes e4 4...dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4

Knight takes f6, bishop to e3 6...Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Be3

Queen to d2, I castle long 8...O-O 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O

He breaks with e5, pawn to d5 10...e5 11.d5

My d-pawn hits his knight on c6

Don't play f4 till the king is fixed

Chorus

Pawn to e4, pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4

Knight to c3, knight to e2 2...d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2

His bishop pins my knight on c3

My c-pawn whole, his pin falls through

Bridge

Pawn to a3, my knight takes e4 4...dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4

Half-open e-file, that's my door

My d-pawn's extra, queenside line

Queens come off early, endgame time

Chorus

Pawn to e4, pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4

Knight to c3, knight to e2 2...d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2

His bishop pins my knight on c3

My c-pawn whole, his pin falls through

Outro

Knight to e2, the pin goes slack 4.Nge2

I lend the e-pawn, win it back

The whole song is one idea: 4.Nge2 makes the Winawer pin harmless because a bishop capture on c3 is answered by the knight, the e-pawn is lent for a move and regained with a3 and Nxe4, and from there White plays a calm, clean structure where the queens tend to leave early and the half-open e-file and the extra queenside pawn do the long-term work.