Take, then Nc3.
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play Nc3 then maybe play d4?
Wouldn't playing 2.Nc3 straight up lose time 2...d4 causing you have move the same minor piece twice in the opening?
2. d4 seems a little shaky, but then I'm not a gambit player, I lose enough pawns as it is.
after 2. Nc3 black simply plays
2...dxe4 3. Nxe4 Qd5 - and now white doesnt have any better option than 4. Nc3 which leads back into the absolutely same position as 2. e4xd5 only that one move more was played.
However, if white really wants to go new ways, he could play
4. Qf3 Bf5 (not Nf6? cause that knight falls with a check with NxNf6+ and the bQ is gone!)
After 4...Bf5 I would believe that black has at least equalized. But in real games (I play scandinavian) I am most often even better.
Why? I believe this is so, because white doesnt know much about it and trys to go a different way. However, the pawn structure is the sole of a chess game, and the whole thing remains a typical scandinavian - with one difference: black has already no problems anymore after 4... Bf5, and white has no clue. (if he had, he would go for this setup with 4. Qf3 anyway).
errr :
(if he had, he would NOT go for this setup with 4. Qf3 anyway).
Nov 25, 2010
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Do not push to e5. 1. e4 d5 2 e5 c5 and White's pawn will not be easy to protect and Black will have a big space advantage on the Queen side.
How do you properly Play against the Scandinavian defense? How showed I proceed? do I take? Or push to e5? Maybe develop a piece ?