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Pawn ç4 ç5 and e4 wins the knight.
I wonder if this is a standard opening. I imagine it started
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d5 Nb4
4. a3 and then black erred? with Nxd5.
It is funny, but black does have some compensation for the piece- two pawns and the pawn on c5 will be tough to protect directly:
4. ………..Nd5
5. c4 Nb6
6. c5 Nd5
7. e4
And maybe black just plays e6 here…
7. ……….e6
8. ed5 Nd5
And now, if white tries to protect c5
9. b4 a5! and black has some opportunity for counterplay. I will have to dig out my opening book tomorrow and see how often this line has been played over the years.
I’d say that Black has lost about one and a half tempos in the 4. … Na6 line so it has taunting value only. People have played Nc6 against QP openings but the general response to White’s d5 is to drop the N back to b8. So those are pretty much taunting value only openings as well I’d say.