Another bad example of Scandinavian
Is the scandinavian good?
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I don't know how good or bad the scandi is, but one of my favorite games I played recently was when I beat the Qd8 line.
The Scandi is fully playable. It's a trade-off.
On the plus side, Black can use the Scandi to reach a Caro-Kann type Pawn structure, without allowing White to enter his more aggressive anti-Caro lines such as the Advance or the Tal variation.
On the negative side, Black must bring his Queen out early, and while this does NOT "lose a tempo" as so many people wrongly claim, it does alter the order of piece development rather to White's advantage.