Opening · played as White
Scandinavian: White's Side
How to meet 1...d5 as White: 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 gains the tempo, then take the centre. Pairs with the Scandinavian bishop-hunt trap.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bg5 c6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 a5
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bg5 c6 7.h3 Bg7
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qd2 O-O
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.Bc4 e6
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd5
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.
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