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Why Open with Scandinavian Defense?
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Mar 13, 2022
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#43
blank0923 wrote:
darkunorthodox88 wrote:
the qd6 scandinavian is on the border of refutation. After the shirov idea, nc3 d4 nf3, ne5, f4! with the intention of early g4 in many lines. White gets a massive space advantage and the one advantage black has which is comfortable piece placement is denied to him as the queen bishop has no good square. Black ends up miserable. its like +1 and not even combative +1 but a dreadful shuffle your pieces and hopefully white makes an error to be in 0.5 territory bad.
Could you elaborate on the line? I'm actually really interested in learning the way to play against the Scandi
here is a model game Shirov- Tiviakov 2010
Mar 14, 2022
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#44
As you know, that game was considered in Kotronias’’ 2016 book. What did Kotronias miss?
Mar 14, 2022
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#45
Back in 2016, there was a conversation about Tiviakov’s condemnation of 3…Qd6 on Chesspublishing.com (not a rival to this site). Tiviakov had a reputation in 2016 for being hyperbolic in his evaluations, but Kotronias’ analysis still needed to be tested.
I haven’t kept up with the theory, but I suspect engines have found ways for Black to hold even if they look ugly to human eyes.
I see that Magnus has used it repeatedly, as recently as 2019, and other +2700 rated players still play the line occasionally.
#49
Scandinavian and Caro-Kann are closely related. Larsen advocated the Scandinavian as a better Caro-Kann. It reaches the same kind of position, but avoids some variations like the Advance Variation.
1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd6 4 d4 c6 5 Ne4 Qc7
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Qc7
Leads to exactly the identical position, so the Scandinavian does not lose a tempo.
the qd6 scandinavian is on the border of refutation. After the shirov idea, nc3 d4 nf3, ne5, f4! with the intention of early g4 in many lines. White gets a massive space advantage and the one advantage black has which is comfortable piece placement is denied to him as the queen bishop has no good square. Black ends up miserable. its like +1 and not even combative +1 but a dreadful shuffle your pieces and hopefully white makes an error to be in 0.5 territory bad.
Could you elaborate on the line? I'm actually really interested in learning the way to play against the Scandi