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greatest player to ever regularly play the Scandinavian Defense as black?
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lordmagnus1 wrote:
I love it when I'm white and someone plays the Scandinavian on me. The moment I see 1...d5, I just know it's going to be a super easy win. Also, I'm Norwegian, so I guess that's funny too.
Lord - checked out your games against the scandy. you have only played about 8 which is nothing.
against 2. --- Nf6 which I like you have a 50% score. Hardly an "easy win".
Against 2. --- Qa5 you are 3-1 which is 75%. okay, but if one game had gone the other way , you would also be 50%.
Against 2. ---- c6 which is a bullshit move for black as it gives away a second pawn for NOTHING, you have 100%. but again, that is the bullshit line. You are not doing as well against the Scandy as you think my friend.
u fkn wot m8
play the scandi against me then ill show u who da boss
Carlsen actually used to play it quite a bit. He defeated Anand, Caruana and Nepomniachtchi with it, using 3.Qd8 and 3.Qd6.
Btw. if World Champion is playing Scandi and beating such a legends with it, you can't say it is a miserable defense.
Oct 18, 2023
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lordmagnus1 escribió:
I love it when I'm white and someone plays the Scandinavian on me. The moment I see 1...d5, I just know it's going to be a super easy win. Also, I'm Norwegian, so I guess that's funny too.
Man, we all due respect, you are a 1500 blitz player. I challenge you to play against me, I will play the scandinavian, and let's see what happens
Many top level player use the Scandinavian as an occasional weapon, but not many play it all the time
i am an alekhine player. and alekhine is better than scandia
Jun 3, 2024
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Magnus plays it all the time and to the guy who said the alekhine was better, four pawns attack and your crushed.
I'm a Alekhine player and the Scandinavian is better!
Jun 3, 2024
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Krivoshey is a 2500 player, and he plays it a LOT, with 138 games as Black on record.
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Carlsen has played the Scandinavian 8 times against top-quality opposition.
Prie, Wahls, Tiviakov, Pantoja, Tomczak come to mind when I think of GM's who employed the Center Counter Defense.
No, Great Player plays the Scandy because it’s trash.
Don’t bother wasting your time.
It’s only going to teach you bad habits which will hurt your future chess progression.
Jun 3, 2024
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Compadre_J wrote:
No, Great Player plays the Scandy because it’s trash.
It's an opening.
It leads to a typical Caro-Kann-type formation; with the trade-off that Black is forced to move his Queen early, but White in return loses the chance to play a lot of specifically anti-Caro lines such as the Panov-Botvinnik or the Advance variation.
Jun 4, 2024
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The players that immediately come to mind are David Smerdon, Sergei Krivoshey, and John Bartholomew
Chess16723 wrote:
The players that immediately come to mind are David Smerdon, Sergei Krivoshey, and John Bartholomew
Perfect example demonstrating my point.
And what is great about those players?
Nothing at all
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Furthermore, John is scaredy-cat!
Last time in Danny vs. John Showdown - John refused to play Scandy vs. Danny!
Team Danny! All the way!
Get that weak Scandy off Chess Board!
Sergei Tiviakov was a strong GM (peak rating 2700) who employed the Scandinavian as his main defense.
jmpchess12 wrote:
Sergei Tiviakov was a strong GM (peak rating 2700) who employed the Scandinavian as his main defense.
And?
Do you believe Sergei Tiviakov is great player?
I don’t believe he is great.
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Magnus Carlsen is truly a great player, but he doesn’t fit the criteria the OP is asking for.
The OP is asking for great players who play the Scandy Regularly.
Magnus only plays the Scandy as surprise weapon every once in blue moon.
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Scandy is trash.
No, Great players are playing it.
Why would they play such a line regularly?
Great players often play Great lines because Greatness attracts other Greatness.
Compadre_J wrote:
jmpchess12 wrote:
Sergei Tiviakov was a strong GM (peak rating 2700) who employed the Scandinavian as his main defense.
And?
Do you believe Sergei Tiviakov is great player?
I don’t believe he is great.
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Magnus Carlsen is truly a great player, but he doesn’t fit the criteria the OP is asking for.
The OP is asking for great players who play the Scandy Regularly.
Magnus only plays the Scandy as surprise weapon every once in blue moon.
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Scandy is trash.
No, Great players are playing it.
Why would they play such a line regularly?
Great players often play Great lines because Greatness attracts other Greatness.
To my knowledge he's the greatest player to use the opening as a main weapon, which was the original question. Although I now see this thread is 7 years old, and was resurrected by an Alekhine player who felt the need to dunk on the Scandi.
Anyways if the opening is good enough for a 2600+ Gm, it's good enough for me who will never be anywhere near that strength.
Play the engines if you want to master this opening, don't go for the master games.,