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Beating The Scandinavian


  • 5 years ago · Quote · #1

    watchthehit

     

     

     

     

     

     

    This is what happens when you have your queen chased around :)

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #2

    quny

    that;s what happens when u play a novice

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #3

    littleman

    Yep a novice for sure. The correct move for black after taking the d5 pawn back is 3...Qa5! anything else is risky. Then your meant to continue developing basically....Cool

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #4

    bondiggity

    Qd6 has also gained some popularity, but yeah if you play the Scandinavian like this, you are sure to lose. 

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #5

    watchthehit

    Yeah its a good lesson for novices to see how useless it is to move the same pieve over and over again with no real developement.

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #6

    wetpaste

    i also like how you hung your knight for like 3 moves and he didn't even notice.

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #7

    ErikDavis

    on black's 11th move why wouldn't he take the Knigt on e5?? 

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #8

    ratlale

    Scandanavian is my secret weapon. u destroy white centre instantly.

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #9

    likesforests

    Beating someone who forgot to learn the third move of the Scandinavian. ;)

    ...Qa5, ...Qd6, ...Qd8, ...Qe5+ are better.

    But memorization is not essential. It's enough for Black to realize he must move the queen to a square where it won't be chased around. ...Qd4 is an unfortunate choice.

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #10

    xpt_46664

    rofl shit game

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #11

    bobbereight

    2... Nf6 variation is my favorite. I've been working on the sicilian dragon a bit, but the theory is just too much for me. I understand what's going on in 1. e4 d5 2. exd4 Nf6

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #12

    trentthechessnut

    likesforests wrote:

    Beating someone who forgot to learn the third move of the Scandinavian. ;)

    ...Qa5, ...Qd6, ...Qd8, ...Qe5+ are better.

    But memorization is not essential. It's enough for Black to realize he must move the queen to a square where it won't be chased around. ...Qd4 is an unfortunate choice.


     Not Qe5+

    That is unofficially known as the Patzer's variation :D White gets too much development with Qe5+ white plays Be2 and then kicks the Queen with Nf3.

    I used to play the 2.Nf6 variation until I looked at the 3...Qd6 variation :D

  • 5 years ago · Quote · #13

    likesforests

    trentthechessnut> Not Qe5+

    I stand by what I said. Even 3...Qe5+ is better than 3...Qd4.

    From a practical perspective, 3...Qe5+ gives White some small chance to go wrong and play 4.Qe2?. According to my database White finds the best move after 3...Qe5+ 'only' 75% of the time, but 3...Qd4 4.Nf3 100% of the time.

    From a theoretical perspective, 3...Qe5+ encourages White to put his bishop on the passive e2-square. The same can't be said for 3...Qd4.

    GM John Emms makes the case that even though it fits the "Patzer sees a check, patzer plays a check" profile, ...Qe5+ is not as bad as it looks--the point being that the maneuver ...Qe5+ + ...c6 + ...Qc7 takes the same number of tempi as ...Qa5 + ...c6 + ...Qc7.

    Lastly, ...Qe5+ has been attempted by at least nineteen FM or better players, while ...Qd4 hasn't been attempted over the 800-elo (OTB) level.

    In my estimation, ...Qe5+ is unsound while ...Qd4 is an error.

    trentthechessnut> I used to play the 2.Nf6 ... until I looked at the 3...Qd6 variation :D

    I like ...Qa5 and ...Qd6 myself. :)


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