Facing the Scandinavian

After black takes queen and bishop retakes, white has locked in his blue bishop and black can develop for himself. But his kingside is slightly weaker. I would play it until it fails me too often.

theliten, please give the actual moves so I know what you refer to.

1. e4  d5  2. Qf3  then what?  Black does not take the queen.

Houdini says 2. Qf3 is dumb.

Haiku575, who is Houdini, why does he say so, and how can we exploit the information? Anyways, here is: 

After which, . . . Nc6 and . . . e5 exploits White's backwards d-pawn, the awkward position of White's Bishop and White's lack of forward momentum in the center.

Please make a graph :) And don´t quote graphs, it just makes it lag :/

I recommend taking and if he takes with his queen, move you knight to c3 not f3 beause it blocks a very important pawn and after black makes his move you do d4 followed by c4. If he does Nf6 simply go Bishop to e2 after N x P , d4, followed by again c4. If e6, check him with your bishop or bishop b5+, if he chooses to block with bishop, take the pawn on e6, after he takes your bishop, take the pawn on f7 after the black king takes the pawn move your queen to h5, king moves, capture the bishop, you are a clear two pawns up. Any other moves will be irregular or drawish. Good Luck!

I would happily play Qf3 against 1200-1600 ^^ If my rating was higher I wouldn´t avoid the scandinavian at all. How would YOU avoid it? If you have wrote a book about it you should know how to avoid it :)

Once you play 1. e4 you cannot avoid the Scandivian as

1. e4  d5 is the Scandinvian also known as the center counter.

However if you are a Blackmar Diemer fan you can play this

Okey. So how do we stop the scandinavian from "progressing" after e4 d5? You see my point right? I want to avoid my opponent from playing on well known theory. Is blackmar diemer your only solution? (I thank you for it, even though Im gonna play my way anyway xD)

Here is another line you might try as White

Here is a line some use but it violates an opening principle

of moving a pawn twice without good reason

After pawn d4 then? In the video I linked the guy said that the pawn on d4 is strong. Is that not true here?

Here is another line some try as White

Here is an enterprising gambit you might try as White

Sorry to say the guy in the video does not really understand the Scandinavian as he is not giving you good advice.