how to defend Scandinavian defense in chess
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The Scandinavian Defense is a common beginner chess opening, allowing black to immediately challenge White’s center and activate his queen. After the move 1. e4, Black does not make the preparatory …c6 or …e6 moves of the Caro-Kann or French Defense, but immediately goes for 1… d5.
It is a surprisingly popular beginner chess opening as Black is aiming at attacking possibilities and little opening theory.
Moreover, the Scandinavian allows Black to get his desired position without anti-Scandinavian variations (such as against the Open Sicilian, which can be avoided in many ways).
With clear-cut plans and just a few variations to study, the Scandinavian seems a good option. So, how to play against it?
First of all, the Scandinavian Defense is only rarely used at higher levels, and for good reason. Although you still see elite Grandmasters like Alexey Dreev and Viswanathan Anand playing it as a surprise weapon from time to time, White is able to generate very dangerous threats very early in the opening if they play very actively and with a clear plan in mind.
One general idea is to develop pieces that threaten Black’s queen that has ventured out into the open, and work to get a knight into e5.
In this article we’ll be examining the main line of the Scandinavian Defense with 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5. There are other principal continuations that Black can employ, however, the ideas presented in this article should overlap and transpose very well with different move orders by Black.
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