hm I score exactly 50% against it
interesting
I would caution to exclude games you played against me, so more likely you have just a 30% win rate against the Viznik Variation.
Now imagine if people learned how to play lines and develop ideas.. it could be crushing.
There’s huge potential here. The Scandinavian Defense: Viznik Variation continues to surprise and act as a potentially startling and effective opening variation of the Scandinavian Defense.
It’s becoming a primary opening I play as black now, and have been seeing success - past my own blunders. It seems the biggest rate of error from this opening comes from my own mistakes and blunders, while the opening itself offers many interesting attacking and defensive lines.
Even better, if white does trade queens - black still gains tempo as white has to move *back* their knight to take, allowing black to catch up in development with pawns already pushed.
It seens trading queens continues to present black with a great advantage into a quick mid game. Even if white refuses to trade and trades bishops by taking back with his knight, black has gained tempo!
This game i played today was played to almost near mint perfection … until I blundered my rook :/ (I became to preoccupied with the attacking ideas of the bishop presented by the Viznik Variation - still, thanks to the opening I was able to gobble up a few pawns and not be down too bad) Still, the ideas are present and the future is promising for the Scandinavian Defense: Viznik Variation
(I was able to flag him because I was so up on time because he was clearly confused as to what the heck I was playing. Another advantage of the Viznik Variation!)
note: I will add annotations to the game analysis later, I’m on my phone right now.