How do you play the Scandinavian
I am starting to play with Qd6 it has many styles. Nb5 is annoying so on move 4 I like a6 then develop. You can also castle queen or king side and have a fun game.
I am starting to play with Qd6 it has many styles. Nb5 is annoying so on move 4 I like a6 then develop. You can also castle queen or king side and have a fun game.
Review the games of GM Tiviakov. He is the best Scandinavian player on Qd6.
I've played all those versions. Eventually I chose 3...Qa5 and use a repertoire book that I like a lot called The Scandinavian for Club Players. When I played 3...Qd6 I was constantly getting bad games against Shirov's 7 f4 (1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd6 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Ne5 Nbd7 7 f4).
A Beautiful Game by Carlsen in the Nf6 Scandinavian.
Is he the same guy Carlsen who recently at a certain event opened all his games with 1.a4 plus 2.Ra3 as white, and 1...a5 plus 2...Ra6 as Black?
Ivanchuk played both Qa5 and Qd6
And Carlsen has played 3...Qa5/d6/d8, as well as 2...Nf6. This doesn't mean a thing.
It means the Scandinavian is a Sound defense. Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Tiviakov played it with success. We mortals can play only one variation.
It means the Scandinavian is a Sound defense. Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Tiviakov played it with success. We mortals can play only one variation.
Sure it's sound, but not easy to handle properly. No real weaknesses, but White has a considerable lead in development which requires precision to neutralize.
A. 2... Nf6
B 3... Qa5
C. 3... Qd6
D. 3... Qd8
I play 3... Qd6 as inspired by GM Tiviakov. He has good results with 3... Qd6