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Scandinavian as black for the developing amateur: 3...Qa5 or 3...Qd6?
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I thought you BANG the clock as loud as you can... So much to learn.
Nov 17, 2017
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#24
Carlsen never played anything unsound in classical chess? I am quite sure the North Sea Defence can be considered unsound. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1594446
I recommend ...Qd8 Scandinavian.
Usually, the main set-up is Nf6, Bf5/Bg4 (Bg4 if you can pin a knight at f3 and trade it off, Bf5 otherwise), e6, c6, Nd7, Be7/d6/b4 (depending on the position, usually e7, but d6 is plausible if you block Bg5 which pins Nf6 to your queen, and Bb4 is plausible if White castles queenside). Black then tries gain space on the queenside with ...a5, play ...Ng6 followed by one of the knights to d5 if possible. Black can also go for breaks in the center such as with ...c5.
If you do trade off your LSB for one of the knights, you should keep all your pawns on light squares to try block the LSB's activity.
I play the ...Qd8 Scandinavian myself, and it's better than what most people think - White does win a tempo, but when I win, they either 1) play too aggressively and screw up, then I grind them to a win in the endgame or 2) they play too passively and hand over the initiative. When I lose, it's usually either 1) they play very aggressively and I can't defend or 2) I enter a better endgame but still lose somehow (since my endgame skills are awful).
Zaphys έγραψε:
Carlsen never played anything unsound in classical chess? I am quite sure the North Sea Defence can be considered unsound. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1594446
You should tell this to Richard- the poor guy is unaware of it.
Nov 18, 2017
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#27
Rapport is famous for playing borderline unsound defences so that merely strengthens my point.
Nov 18, 2017
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#28
pfren wrote:
Zaphys έγραψε:
Carlsen never played anything unsound in classical chess? I am quite sure the North Sea Defence can be considered unsound. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1594446
You should tell this to Richard- the poor guy is unaware of it.
Is this notation correct?
He misses 43...Qg2 mate?
Nov 24, 2017
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#31
I like 3...Qa5 myself, but there are several ways white can play to crush you in the opening so you will need to study (or keep a list of the games you play where you get crushed so it doesn't happen again!)
For example, here are some of the ideas I look for (after losing to them...lol)
1.) early d5 breaks, make sure you are castled before they get this in otherwise... smoosh
2.) Ideas with Ne5 followed by g4! hitting your bishop on f5
3.) Ideas with Nd4 coming over to trap your queen (stockfish did this to me)
4.) Sacrifices on e6, especially rook sacs!
5.) Ideas with Bxh6
**the sacrifices are usually possible if white delays the development of their kingside knight or queenside bishop... soooo if they do that you have to watch closely.. they can also get d5 in early in those lines.
If these scare you they should. I'm a 1500 player and I love playing the Scandi, but I do have to watch for these ideas continuously and maybe there are scary lines I haven't seen yet too. So it can be bad if white knows what they are doing, but usually white doesn't and you can get a solid middle game where you trade down into a nice end game where you can gang up on the d4 pawn. Happy Scandi to you!
-Stacia
Play 3...Qe6+! Then after 4. Be2, go pawn grabbing with 4...Qg6 trying to take on g2. This may sound stupid, but you are neglecting your development and creating unsound attacks right away. Neglecting your development is bad, but your opponent will think you have studied it and will react passively. Then do unsound attacks! As soon as you've gotten your opponent scared of your opening preparation, launch a RAR attack! You opponent will be very confused by your unorthodox play, leading him to achieve a winning position but using up all the time on his clock. Once he has 1 minute to your 1 hour, steamroll him!