Scandinavian

Submitted by masteryoda on Sat, 05/03/2008 at 7:27pm.

 Hi guys,

 

just wanted to know, what is the main point of the Scandinavian defence?

Please post yours opinoins about it

Also, ifyou have any games with them, please post those also


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Comments:

by Arv123 - 4 months ago
Calfornia United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 3

This is a bad move using Scandavian


by tohtorigonzo - 5 months ago
Karis Finland
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 25

Quoting from R. Fines The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings:

"Black's basic idea here [in the Scandinavian] is unusual: he wishes to get freedom for his pieces at the cost of a theoretically inferior pawn structure and (on occassion) loss of time, in the hope that good development will make it possible to get adequate compensation, either in the form of a counter-attack or of a neutralization of White's powerful centre pawn. There is, however, only one line where compensation is theoretically sufficient and even there Black's game is extremely cramped. The defence cannot be recommended."

 I played the Scandinavian a lot when i started playing chess, because it seemed like such a straightforward and easy opening. However, after playing it a while, I started to grow tired of it. I had very little success with it, and all the players i faced seemed to have a breeze playing against the Scandinavian. It has never enjoyed widespread popularity among top-flight chess players, although some GMs play it on occassion. It is certainly playable, although it's not among the best responses to 1. e4.

 

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by masteryoda - 5 months ago
tealand Thailand
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 42

Here is the diagram

 of the Scandinavian, can someone please tell me the main point behind this??

 

 

P.S this is my first time making a diagram

 

 


by Philip_Lu - 5 months ago
Hacienda Heights United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 190
maybe you should post a diagram of it.
 

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