Chessmate

Scandinavian Defense

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

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White replies… e4

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ECO A06–D00

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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. Lasker Setup: Castle Long and Break with ...e5

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Be3 e5

  3. Lasker Setup: Survive the g4 Bishop Chase

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. h4 Nbd7

  4. Grünfeld Variation: Meet the Early Ne5

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 4.g3: Meet the b4-b5 Expansion

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. b4 Qc7 10. b5 Bd6

  8. Leonhardt Gambit: Secure the Extra Pawn

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d4 g6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 4.d3: Simplify and Finish Development

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 e6

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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