Scandinavian Defense

Black meets 1. e4 with d5 immediately. After the trade on d5, Black recaptures with the queen or prepares Qxd5 with Nf6. White gains time against the queen in the main lines, and Black accepts that in return for an open game and simple development.

45 lines in the book · ECO B01 · 54,800 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Scandinavian Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. d5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.

Variations

Anderssen Counterattack4 lines · B01Blackburne Gambit1 lines · B01Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit1 lines · B01Boehnke Gambit1 lines · B01Bronstein Variation1 lines · B01Classical Variation1 lines · B01Grünfeld Variation1 lines · B01Gubinsky-Melts Defense1 lines · B01Icelandic-Palme Gambit1 lines · B01Kiel Variation1 lines · B01Kloosterboer Gambit1 lines · B01Kádas Gambit1 lines · B01Lasker Variation1 lines · B01Main Line3 lines · B01Marshall Variation1 lines · B01Mieses-Kotroc Variation1 lines · B01Modern Variation4 lines · B01Panov Transfer1 lines · B01Portuguese Gambit9 lines · B01Richter Variation2 lines · B01Schiller-Pytel Variation2 lines · B01Valencian Variation3 lines · B01Zilbermints Gambit1 lines · B01

Named gambits and traps

18 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 18.

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