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The Scandinavian Defence

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  • Edition: Paperback
  • Author: James Plaskett
  • Skill Range: All levels
  • Publisher: Batsford
  • Year Published: 2005
  • # of Pages: 192
  • ISBN: 0713489111
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The world's best Grandmasters have deployed the Scandinavian Defense with great success-and now every player can. Champion and prolific author James Plaskett explains how to use the defense and its variations (including the Icelandic Gambit), discusses the schemes played by such superstars as Vishy Anand in his World Cup Championship against Gary Kasparov, and shows how Black can employ the Scandinavian in a radically different middlegame.

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by Kempelen - 2 years ago
Spain
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 42

Rating:++++-

This book is aimed for Scandinavian players. It is quiet complete, but I think if you are looking for a book only to get basic ideas an patterns, this book is not for you because maybe is more on theory.
by Phobetor - 2 years ago
Eindhoven Netherlands
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 1214

Rating:+++--

If you want to play either the 3... Qd6 Scandinavian or the 2... Nf6 Scandinavian, then you can consider buying this book. The 3... Qd6 variation gets 60 pages of the book, and the various white tries against 2... Nf6 (3. c4, 3. d4, 3. Bb5+) get another 80 pages. 

If you want to play the 3... Qa5 Scandinavian, then you should not buy this book. Twenty pages and ten annotated games of course don't cover all of white's possibilities for an advantage. If you want to play 3... Qa5, then you should probably buy Emms' The Scandinavian 2nd Edition.

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