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looking at STATS under 2000, 2...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation PERFORMS slightly better than anything else if, like me, you think how a line PLAYS is way more important than what any grandmaster or stockfish thinks. the objective strongest reply doesn't always translate as such. stockfish likes 2...exd4.
2...d5 3.dxe5 dxe4 4.Qxd8+ is terrible! i actually beat chessmaster's tal personality trying to figure it out from the scandinavian move order and found it so fugly, i switched sides and actually beat tal with no takebacks and even using less time as a lowly 1450! i wouldn't recommend symmetry at all here, unless you like your king a sitting target
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a : 3...Bb4+ is stronger: keeps the pawn.
b : 3...dxc3 is stronger: to refute a gambit, accept it.
c : Yes, this is equal.