blueemu wrote:
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Can someone help me understand the Scandinavian Defense?
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Apr 29, 2021
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DaBabysSideTing wrote:
blueemu wrote:
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Sure, but after Qxc3 Black is down in tempo just as surely as if he had allowed his Queen to get chased around. The move 2. ... Nf6 doesn't solve all of Black's opening problems.
Apr 29, 2021
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#24
https://chessmood.com/blog/the-journey-into-the-scandinavian-defense-jungle a small nice article about Scandi.
Apr 29, 2021
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blueemu wrote:
DaBabysSideTing wrote:
blueemu wrote:
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Sure, but after Qxc3 Black is down in tempo just as surely as if he had allowed his Queen to get chased around. The move 2. ... Nf6 doesn't solve all of Black's opening problems.
fair enough. personally i feel like blacks following moves after are very natural and solid besides from the light square bishop but i see your point
Apr 29, 2021
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I play Scandi because I think that at my level (1400-1500) most white players have quite some experience facing 1. ... e5 or ... c5. I hope to get my opponent a bit out of their comfort zone by playing ... d5. I stay on known territory, they are not, i hope :-).
OP’s tempo question has been answered adequately I think.
OP’s tempo question has been answered adequately I think.
It does not matter much whether the queen plays 3...Qa5, 3...Qd8, 3...Qd6, or 3...Qe5+: black will play ...c6 and the queen will go to c7 like in the Caro-Kann.
So it seems at first sight than black loses 2 tempi by moving his queen to c7 in 3 moves instead of one.
However, white lost a tempo with 2 exd5 and in the Caro-Kann black loses a tempo with 3...dxe4
So tempo wise Scandinavian and Caro-Kann are equal.
ponz111 έγραψε:
I think in this line the Black queen is too exposed. It may even be a loss for Black
suggest stay away from this particular line.
I don't think Black's position is that bad. White has 3 different lines to keep some pressure, but none of them is terribly scary.
Pfren I have not analyzed the 3..... Qd6 line for a while but I did see that line played by 2 very strong engines. they were required to play the line against each other.
In both cases White won with a very nice game.
ponz111 έγραψε:
Pfren I have not analyzed the 3..... Qd6 line for a while but I did see that line played by 2 very strong engines. they were required to play the line against each other.
In both cases White won with a very nice game.
Well, after 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 (the old move 5...a6 should be dismissed) white has three ways to fight for an advantage:
6.h3!?
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4!? (the older 7.Nc4 does not promise much
6.g3, whci is quiet, but IMO white's most dangerous try.
I have worked on the variation a bit, and I think that Black is in no big danger in any of these lines- but whether the whole Pytel variation is worth playing as Black is another story.
A couple of years ago I lost a game in the 3...Qd8 variation as Black against an Indian youngster, but it's my very poor play the one I have to blame, not the line.
Scandinavian is kak.
End of story.
Black's argument is that after placing his knight on c3 he must also waste a move in order to play c4 in mobilising his queenside majority. If the knight goes to e4 black usually as a N x e4 trade alleviating his number of pieces in a slightly more confined position than his opponent, while going back to e2 may put white on the backfoot.
And why must white play c4 ? To mobilise his queenside majority...
Apr 30, 2021
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As I mentioned, the Scandinavian is the cousin of the Caro Kann, and many of the same positional themes are evident... the White e-Pawn having exchanged for the Black d-Pawn, the White 4-vs-3 Q-side majority with Nc3 already played, etc.
Apr 30, 2021
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#38
B1ZMARK wrote:
Are you sure that’s the main line
Very sure. This may be the only thing I know about chess.
Apr 30, 2021
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#39
KingBaam wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
Are you sure that’s the main line
Very sure. This may be the only thing I know about chess.
Well then... I'm not sure how to break this to you.
I think in this line the Black queen is too exposed. It may even be a loss for Black
suggest stay away from this particular line.