Chessmate

Scandinavian Defense · White

3...Qa5, Classical ...c6 and ...Bf5 · White (B01)

Claim central space and open lines for the queen and the f1-bishop.

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Scandinavian Defense · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO A06–D00

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line: Classical ...Bf5 Setup.

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ECO B01

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  1. 3...Qa5, Classical ...c6 and ...Bf5 · WhiteSample

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. d5

  2. 3...Qa5, Direct ...Bf5 and d5 Break · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qe2 e6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Qc5 11. b4

  3. 3...Qa5, ...Bg4 Bishop Chase · White

    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 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2

  4. 3...Qd6, ...a6 Fianchetto Main Line · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Bg5

  5. 3...Qd6, ...c6 Fianchetto Pressure · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4

  6. 3...Qd6, Immediate ...Bg4 · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3

  7. 3...Qd6, ...g6 Double Fianchetto · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Ne5

  8. 3...Qd8, Ambitious Ne5-g4 Setup · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Bb4 10. Rh3 Nbd7 11. Qe2

  9. 2...Nf6, ...Nxd5 and ...g6 Main Setup · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5

  10. 2...Nf6, ...Nxd5 and ...Bf5 · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3

  11. 2...Nf6, ...Nxd5 and ...Bg4 · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2

  12. Portuguese 3...Bg4, Critical Bb5+ Setup · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Ne2 c6 9. Ba4 Bd6 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. c5 Bc7 12. O-O

  13. Blackburne-Kloosterboer, Calm Acceptance · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne4 Bc7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Be3

  14. 3...Qe6+, Punish the g2 Pawn Grab · White

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qg6 5. Nf3 Qxg2 6. Rg1 Qh3 7. d4