Are you serious? Giving up a piece to preserve castling rights! Then worrying about trading queens when you are winning back your piece. Total nonsense.
I played against the Scandinavian Defense, and while I wasn’t sure of the best response.
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Mar 24, 2025
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#3
Unfortunately, your material sacrifices in the opening do not make any positional sense. You are simply losing material.
3. Nf3? … loses a pawn. Playing e5 instead sends Black’s knight right back to g8.
4 d4?? … gives away a knight (minor piece). While the position is already bad at this point, move the knight to a safe square or capture the pawn. A minor piece is worth way more than keeping castling rights.
Your opponent’s 6… f6?? blunder, giving away a knight, is the only reason you were able to recover the significant material you lost in the opening. For instance, after Black plays 6… e6 instead, White is completely lost.
Just keep it simple and play the standard Scandinavian Defence: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 …
I did not look at the rest of the game.
Mar 25, 2025
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#4
The capture ed is mandatory and then Black has two standard replies in either 2... Qxd5 it he can delay the capture with 2... Nf6. You never want to let your opponent get away with making a move that counterattacks early in the game. Just take the pawn and see which way they go from there
I played against the Scandinavian Defense, and while I wasn’t sure of the best response, I didn’t want to let my opponent get easy play. Here’s what I was thinking throughout the opening game:
1. 1. e4 d5 – I knew he was going for the Scandinavian but wasn’t sure what to play.
2. 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 – I defended my e4 pawn with d3, but I immediately regretted playing Nf3.
3. 4. dxe4 – I didn’t want to capture on e4 because I thought my opponent might trade queens and I’d lose castling rights.
4. 5. d4 exf3 6. Qxf3 – Instead of recapturing immediately, I decided to push my pawn and then take on f3 with my queen.
5. 7. Bc4 Nd5 8. f3 Qxd5 9. Bxd5 – I voluntarily traded queens because I thought it would give me better control of the center.
6. By the middlegame, I had full control positionally.
I’d love to hear feedback on a few things:
Was my decision to trade queens early the right one?
Did my material sacrifices make sense for positional control?
What went well, and how could I have played even better?
Here’s the game PGN:
[Event "ChackochanBoby vs. cento1945"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025-03-13"]
[White "ChackochanBoby"]
[Black "cento1945"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "385"]
[BlackElo "446"]
[TimeControl "1200"]
[Termination "ChackochanBoby won by checkmate"]
1. e4 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. d4 exf3 5. Qxf3 Nd5 6. Bc4 f6 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxd5 Na6 9. g3 Nb4 10. Be4 f5 11. c3 fxe4 12. cxb4 Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Bd7
15. O-O Bc6 16. b5 Be8 17. a4 e6 18. Nxe4 Bg6 19. Nc5 Bd3 20. Nxd3 Bd6 21. b4
Rhf8 22. a5 Rf6 23. b6 Rg6 24. bxa7 Kd7 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxa6 Be7 27. Ne5+ Ke8
28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. a8=Q Bxb4 30. Qc6+ Kf8 31. Ra8 Be7 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Qxe6 g5
34. f4 Be7 35. fxg5+ Ke8 36. g6 c5 37. Rf8+ Kxf8 38. Qf7# 1-0