Chessmate

Scandinavian Defense

Difficulty 2/3Black repertoireECO A06–D00

Main Line: Classical ...Bf5 Setup (B01)

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Challenge e4 immediately. Black gives White the option to exchange, then builds a sound position with active piece play.

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All lines in this course

ECO A06–D00

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Main Line: Classical ...Bf5 SetupSample

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7

  2. Main Line: Meet Bd2 with ...c6

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7

  3. Early Bc4: Develop without Panic

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 c6 9. Bd2 Nbd7

  4. 3.Nf3: Counter the Queenside Pawn Rush

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. b4 Nf6 8. b5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. a4 Qf5

  5. 3.d4: Transpose into the Classical Setup

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7

  6. 3.c4: Force the Queen Trade

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. c4 Qe4+ 4. Qe2 Qxe2+ 5. Bxe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 Bf5 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nc3 Nf6

  7. Tennison Gambit: Take the Center, Not the Bait

    1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 e5 4. Nxe4 f5 5. Ng3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Be6

  8. Advance Variation: Break with ...c5

    1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Ba4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nge7

  9. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ziegler Defense

    1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Ne5 Bg6 9. g4 Nbd7

  10. 2.Nc3: Use the Open e-file

    1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ exf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8+ 8. Be3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8