Scandinavian Miniature!

3...Qc6?? - Ugh.

Indeed.. but why?  ugh..

=) but not so obvious for some, apparently.

Hopefully now it would become obvious - and would only occur on slips, that is the purpose of this post, to spread awareness (I sound like global warming guy ;)

Just for reference, one usually plays 3.. Qa5, if I'm not mistaken

Q. c6 is an big mistake. But Besides Q.a5, Qd6 can also be played.

stryik, there are many playable queen retreats: ...Qa5, ...Qd6, ...Qd8, ...Qe5+, etc.

Just not Qc6!

happens all the time...

Yes, but mostly in blitz games, as in this one for me.

yes.. often seen in games and people saying "OOPS"

The moves were.. 1.d4, f4 2. e4 Nh6 3. Bxh6 gxh6 4. Qh5#  

NICE pin.

Yes tonydal.. same here .. fortunately I was white.. Moral is these slips occur at almost every level.. Thats why chess is fun

This was my game.

Here's a shorter Scandinavian miniature (not that anyone would fall for it)

Here's a super-short Scandinavian miniature--and it really happened.

So it arrives that the Scandinavian could be dangerous for BOTH black and white!

I had a game with the Scandinavian that went like this:

whoa, that offers black significant compensation -    =).