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Hate The Scandinavian Defense?

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gxtmf1
Nov 19, 2009
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Hello, fellow analysts. I know that as white, I used to hate playing against the Scandinavian Defense (1.e4 d5). Why? I don't know. It just annoyed me. Then I found out about an odd gambit that white can play to counter the Scandinavian Defense. It's called the Tennison Gambit and it's a bit like the Budapest Defense with colors reversed (1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5). The moves are 1. e4 d5 2. Nf3?!. Precise play is required so please study the diagrams and check out the master games that employ it on Game Explorer.
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ARTEMlS
Nov 19, 2009
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#2

Thank you sooooooo much

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TheSteadyHand
Nov 19, 2009
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#3

pretty nifty

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Fonix
Nov 20, 2009
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#4

Nice post. Thanks for sharing.

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Elubas
Nov 20, 2009
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#5

I'm happy to see 1...d5, as it seems easy for white to get a small initiative. I rarely play 1 e4 anymore though.