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Scandavian Deviation
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If you have to play the Scandi, and this way, then 3...Nxd5 is best. White should probably prefer 3.d4 to 3. Nc3
i don't know exactly why the engine prefers e5. i would just try to reason it out myself.
i need to play e5 because i need to develop and get my king out of the e-file, and since Bxc6 is not exactly good for white, i don't need to defend against it. i have to use my judgment that white has no effective way to attack c6 since i can't calculate all the lines where white tries that and luckily i don't have to.
on the other hand if i try to justify bd7, i have to play a6 at some point since if i don't then white's bishop can stay on b5 and my bishop then has to stay on d7 obstructing the d-file, so then white's bishop would be better in that case. however, after a6 white doesn't have to take on c6. he can play bc4 or some other move after which i might still have to relocate my bishop since now it just obstructs the d-file and serves no other purpose anymore.
i can reason that if white doesn't take on c6 after ..a6, then white has lost a move, but then since i have to move bd7 somewhere else to be useful, i would have to lose a move too. so in effect the only move i gain would be a6, but i don't know how productive a6 can be if i don't have any plans of expanding on the queenside at all.
This is the exact same structure than after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2, which has quite a good reputation (it's actually the main line of the Two Knights defence). Games in this line can give you ideas.
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So I play the modern Scandanavian deviation a lot against 1. e4 - throws my opponents off and puts in positions I'm more comfortable playing.
I'm running some analysis and the computer is telling me that a move I typically make in such a position is an inaccuracy... but the move its suggesting I make I can't quite fathom why it's much better... anyone wanna convince me to change my ways?