A chess trap in the Scandinavian: +2.88 for White!
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Feb 5, 2022
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#4
Ah yes, as a Qd8 Scandi player myself, I know this trap all too well. I even made a little rhyme to remind myself:
"If bishop and knight, pinning brings plight!"
Fairly obvious to stronger players. The Qd8 line of the Scandi shouldn't be played by beginners anyhow, except if you're playing a beginner. It was Bronstein's continuation and is rather difficult for black.
As a beginner, I know you can play it, but I don't understand why the black would move the queen back and forth like that... At least Qa5 make some sense for me.
It was a kind of trap, devised by Bronstein. Instead of the normal Qa5, he moved back to d8, on the theory that many players might be too aggressive with white and, of course, he'd worked out his own theory, so he would be in his own territory. Qd8 is playable but quite difficult for black. Of course, nowadays everyone believes that just because something's "book", it's ok and, of course, against weak players, you're just as likely to win with it as you are with nearly anything.
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3...Qa5, 3...Qd6, 3...Qd8 or even 3...Qe5+ or 3...Qd7 are all more or less equivalent: normally black at some point continues ...c6 and ...Qc7 anyway to reach a position like in the Caro-Kann.
Thank you for posting. I will avoid the line as black. 😁
People who play 3. ...Qd8 or 3. ...Qd6 will deserve all they get. They're both more difficult, even though theoretically about the same as Qa5. If someone's prepared for them with white, they could be in trouble. That's a trap that no decent player would fall for, of course.
When I play the Scandinavian, I always go for some spicy gambits. Such as the Kadas gambit and the Icelandic gambit.
Optimissed wrote:
People who play 3. ...Qd8 or 3. ...Qd6 will deserve all they get. They're both more difficult, even though theoretically about the same as Qa5. If someone's prepared for them with white, they could be in trouble. That's a trap that no decent player would fall for, of course.
Most decent players wouldn't fall for the trap, but they might not consider Ne5 when playing Bg4. White still has an advantage after 6...Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. 0-0 (or 8. d4).
checkmator11111 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
People who play 3. ...Qd8 or 3. ...Qd6 will deserve all they get. They're both more difficult, even though theoretically about the same as Qa5. If someone's prepared for them with white, they could be in trouble. That's a trap that no decent player would fall for, of course.
Most decent players wouldn't fall for the trap, but they might not consider Ne5 when playing Bg4. White still has an advantage after 6...Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. 0-0 (or 8. d4).
They should consider it if they're decent players, because they havn't played e6 so there's always going to be danger. So can one call them decent players?