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This forum will be exclusively for the Scandinavian Defense declined:2.e5.We will post analysis, novelties, and things we find on the internet.If you can, post information in a diagram.Thanks,Eric

Rank Opening Draw (%) 1 Bogo-Indian Defence 42 =1 Queen's Indian Defence 42 3 Petroff's Defence 39 =3 Four Knight's Defence 39 5 Grunfeld Defence 37 =5 Nimzo Indian 37 =5 Reti Opening 37 8 Queen's Gambit 36 9 Benko Opening 35 =9 Three Knight's Defence 35 Rank Opening Draw (%) 1 Blackmar Diemer Gambit 16 =1 Blackmar Diemer Gambit (Delayed) 16 3 Latvian Gambit 17 4 Grob Opening 18 5 King's Gambit 20 =5 St George's Defence 20 7 Center Game 22 8 Polish Defence 23 =8 Polish Opening 23 =8 Saragossa Opening 23

Rank Opening White Win % Draw % Points per 100 games 1 Queen's Gambit 40 36 58 2 Blackmar Diemer Gambit 49 16 57 3 Ruy Lopez 40 33 56.5 4 Bishop's Opening 41 30 56 5 Benko Opening 38 35 55.5 =5 Reti Opening 37 37 55.5 =5 Vienna Game 41 29 55.5 8 Centre Game 44 22 55 =8 English Opening 38 34 55 =8 Scotch Game 40 30 55 Rank Opening White Win % Draw % Points per 100 games 1 Van't Kruijs Attack 28 25 40.5 2 Anderssen's Opening 30 27 43.5 3 Grob Opening 36 18 45 4 Saragossa Opening 34 23 45.5 5 Bird's Opening 34 25 46.5 6 Polish Defence 38 23 49.5 7 Dunst Opening 36 28 50 =7 Anti-Veresov Opening 36 28 50 9 Colle System 35 31 50.5 10 Mieses Opening 39 24 51

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Rank Opening Black Win % Draw % Points per 100 games 1 Sicilian Defence 34 29 48.5 =1 Nimzo Indian 30 37 48.5 3 Robatsch Defence 33 29 47.5 4 Alekhine Defence 32 30 47 5 Nimzowitsch Defence 34 25 46.5 =5 Rat 30 33 46.5 7 Benko Gambit 32 28 46 =7 Modern Defence 31 30 46 =7 Queen's Indian Defence 25 42 46 10 Pseudo King's Indian 29 33 45.5 Rank Opening Black Win % Draw % Points per 100 games 1 Gunderam Defence 25 25 37.5 2 Polish Opening 28 23 39.5 3 St George's Defence 30 20 40 4 Budapest Gambit 27 27 40.5 =4 Philidor's Defence 27 27 40.5 6 Latvian Gambit 33 17 41.5 =6 Petroff's Defence 22 39 41.5 =6 Queenside Fianchetto 29 25 41.5 9 Bogo-Indian Defence 22 42 43 =9 Dutch Defence 28 30 43 =9 King's Indian 28 30 43

Rat 37 30 33 1. d4 d6 Reti Opening 37 26 37 1. Nf3 - 1...d5 Variation 36 26 38 1...d5 - 1...g6 Variation 36 29 35 1...g6 - 1...Nc6 Variation 46 27 27 1...Nc6 - 1...Nf6 Variation 38 24 38 1...Nf6 Robatsch Defence 38 33 29 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Variation 39 32 29 2. d4 2. Nf3 Variation 37 32 31 2. Nf3 Ruy Lopez 40 27 33 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 - Morphy Defence 37 25 38 3...a6 - 4. Ba4 Variation 40 27 33 3...a6 4. Ba4 - Arkhangelsk Variation 40 26 34 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 - Closed Defence 36 23 41 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 - Centre Attack 41 28 31 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 - Worrall Attack 41 26 33 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 - Smyslov's Variation 39 25 36 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 - Chigorin Variation 38 22 40 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 - Breyer Variation 33 24 43 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 - Avoiding the Marshall Counter-Gambit 42 23 35 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 - Marshall Counter-Gambit 33 34 33 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 - Marshall Counter-Gambit Main Line 34 34 32 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 - Open Defence 38 25 37 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 - Kere's Attack 37 23 40 3...a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 - Exchange Variation 33 28 39 3...a6 4. Bxc6 - Classical Defence 46 26 28 3...Bc5 - Steinitz Defence 59 23 18 3...d6 - Schliemann Gambit 41 30 29 3...f5 - Bird's Defence 51 25 24 3...Nd4 - Berlin Defence 36 25 39 3...Nf6 - Rio de Janiero Variation 30 26 44 3...Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 Saragossa Opening 34 43 23 1. c3 1...d5 Variation 33 45 22 1...d5 1...e5 Variation 40 45 15 1...e5 Sarratt Attack 37 30 33 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Scotch Game 40 30 30 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 - Goring Gambit 45 30 25 3...exd4 4. c3 - Goring Gambit Declined 32 34 34 3...exd4 4. c3 d5 - Goring Gambit Accepted 55 30 15 3...exd4 4. c3 dxc3 - Goring Gambit Fully Accepted 60 33 7 3...exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 - 4. Main Line 39 28 33 3...exd4 4. Nxd4 - 4...Bc5 Variation 37 29 34 3...exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 - Schmidt Variation 36 29 35 3...exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 Sicilian Defence 37 34 29 1. e4 c5 - Wing Gambit 29 49 22 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 - Alapin Variation 35 32 33 2. c3 - Grand Prix Attack 33 42 25 2. f4 - Closed Sicilian 35 37 28 2. Nc3 - 2. Nf3 Variation 37 33 30 2. Nf3 - 2...d6 Variation 37 32 31 2. Nf3 d6 - Najdorf Variation 37 33 30 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 - Schveningen Variation 40 31 29 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 - Dragon Variation 42 31 27 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 - 2...e6 Variation 35 33 32 2. Nf3 e6 - Kan Variation 35 35 30 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 - 2...Nc6 Variation 38 33 29 2. Nf3 Nc6 - Lowenthal Hunting Variation 37 34 29 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 - Maroczy Bind 38 21 41 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 - Pelikan Variation 36 32 32 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 - Nimzowitsch Variation 40 29 31 2. Nf3 Nf6 St George's Defence 50 30 20 1. e4 a6 Three Knight's Defence 37 28 35 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Torre Attack 37 32 31 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 - 3...Ne4 Variation 28 39 33 3...Ne4 Trompowsky Attack 38 31 31 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 - 2...d5 Variation 36 29 35 2...d5 - 2...Ne4 Variation 38 32 30 2...Ne4 Van't Kruijs Attack 28 47 25 1. e3 - 1...d5 Variation 23 54 23 1...d5 - 1...e5 Variation 37 43 20 1...e5 Vienna Game 41 30 29 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 - 2...Bc5 Variation 44 28 28 2...Bc5 - 2...Nc6 Variation 41 32 27 2...Nc6 - Falkbeer Variation 38 31 31 2...Nf6 - Vienna Gambit 41 31 28 2...Nf6 3. f4 - Modern Variation 36 35 29 2...Nf6 3. f4 d5

Opening / Variation White Win % Black Win % Draw % Moves Alekhine Defence 38 32 30 1. e4 Nf6 - Four Pawns Attack 36 40 24 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 - Modern Variation 42 26 32 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Anderssen's Opening 30 43 27 1. a3 - 1...d5 Variation 27 44 29 1...d5 - 1...e5 Variation 34 42 24 1...e5 - 1...g6 Variation 23 55 22 1...g6 Anti-Veresov Opening 36 36 28 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Benko Gambit 40 32 28 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 - Accepted 40 32 28 4. cxb5 - Fully Accepted 39 29 32 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 - 7. e4 Variation 42 36 22 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 - Main Line 39 26 35 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 - Fianchetto Variation 42 35 23 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 - Nescafe Frappe Attack 36 45 19 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Benko Opening 38 27 35 1. g3 - 1...d5 Variation 35 29 36 1...d5 - 1...e5 Variation 37 31 32 1...e5 - Lasker Simul Special 66 11 23 1...h5 Benoni Defence 41 31 28 1. d4 c5 - Full Benoni 41 29 30 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 - Modern Variation 46 30 24 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 Bird's Opening 34 41 25 1. f4 - Dutch Variation 34 40 26 1...d5 - From Gambit 41 40 19 1...e5 2. fxe5 d6 - 1...f5 Variation 39 30 31 1...f5 Bishop's Opening 41 29 30 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 - Berlin Defence 40 28 32 2...Nf6 - 3...d3 Variation 40 26 34 2...Nf6 3. d3 - 3...Nc3 Variation 38 32 30 2...Nf6 3. Nc3 - Classical Variation 47 30 23 2...Bc5 Blackmar Diemer Gambit 49 35 16 1. d4 d5 2. e4 - Caro-Kann 37 28 35 2...c6 - Nimzowitsch Defence Center Variation 43 35 22 2...d5 - Accepted 50 35 15 2...dxe4 - French Defence 40 30 30 2...e6 Blackmar Diemer Gambit (Delayed) 45 39 16 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 - Caro-Kann Traditional Variation 36 28 36 3...c6 - Accepted 50 35 15 3...dxe4 - Accepted 4. f3 Variation 52 34 14 3...dxe4 4...f3 - French Defence Main Line 39 28 33 3...e6 - Hubsch Variation 42 40 18 3...Nxe4 Bogo-Indian Defence 36 22 42 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ Budapest Gambit 46 27 27 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 - Fajarowicz Variation 50 26 24 3. dxe5 Ne4 - Rubenstein Variation 50 17 33 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 - Alekhine Variation 41 37 22 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 - Adler Variation 42 30 28 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Caro-Kann 38 28 34 1. e4 c6 - Advance Variation 41 30 29 2. d4 d5 3. e5 - Panov-Botvinnik Attack 36 29 35 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 - Traditional Variation 36 28 36 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 - Capablanca Variation 34 26 40 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 cxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 Centre Counter Game 42 29 29 1. e4 d5 - 2...Nf6 Variation 42 30 28 2. exd5 Nf6 - 2...Qxd5 Variation 42 28 30 2. exd5 Qxd5 - 3...Qa5 Variation 42 28 30 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 - 3...Qd8 Variation 42 26 32 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 Centre Game 44 34 22 1. e4 e5 2. d4 - Accepted 42 35 23 2...exd4 - Danish Gambit 44 36 20 2...exd4 3. c3 - Danish Gambit Fully Accepted 46 35 19 2...exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 - 3. Qxd4 Variation 42 36 22 2...exd4 3. Qxd4 Colle System 35 34 31 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 - 3...Bf5 Variation 30 36 34 3...Bf5 - 3...c5 Variation 29 39 32 3...c5 - Zukertort Variation 43 28 29 3...e6 4. Bd3 c5 Dunst Opening 36 36 28 1. Nc3 - 1...d5 Variation 34 38 28 1...d5 - 1...e5 Variation 48 24 28 1...e5 - 1...Nf6 Variation 48 27 25 1...Nf6 Dutch Defence 42 28 30 1. d4 f5 English Opening 38 28 34 1. c4 - Symmetrical 37 31 32 1...c5 - Reti's Opening 37 24 39 1...c6 - Reversed Sicilian 37 25 38 1...e5 Four Knight's Defence 34 27 39 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 French Defence 40 30 30 1. e4 e6 - St George's Variation 50 32 18 2. d4 a6 - Winawer Variation 42 29 29 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 - Advance Variation 38 35 27 2. d4 d5 3. e5 - Exchange Variation 25 32 43 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 - Main Line 39 28 33 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 - MacCutcheon Variation 39 30 31 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 - Main Line 4. e5 40 29 31 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 - Tarrasch Variation 40 25 35 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Giuoco Piano 40 32 28 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 - Main Line 39 32 29 3...Bc5 - Evans Gambit 39 38 23 3...Bc5 4. b4 - Main Line 41 29 30 3...Bc5 4. c3 - Main Line 5. d3 Variation 38 26 36 3...Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 - Main Line 5. d4 Variation 40 33 27 3...Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 - Moller Attack 31 43 26 3...Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 - Giuoco Pianissimo 35 34 31 3...Bc5 4. d3 - 4. Nc3 Variation 36 35 29 3...Bc5 4. Nc3 - 4. O-O Variation 38 34 28 3...Bc5 4. O-O - Hungarian Defence 45 26 29 3...Be7 - Blackburne Gambit 53 35 12 3...Nd4 - Two Knight's Defence 39 34 27 3...Nf6 - Max Lange Attack 39 33 28 3...Nf6 4. d4 Grob Opening 36 46 18 1. g4 - 1...d5 Variation 35 48 17 1...d5 - 1...e5 Variation 34 49 17 1...e5 Grunfeld Defence 37 26 37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 - Classical System 36 24 40 4. Bf4 - Exchange Variation 38 25 37 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 - Russian System 41 24 35 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Gunderam Defence 50 25 25 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 Horwitz Defence 39 27 34 1. d4 e6 King's Gambit 43 37 20 1. e4 e5 2. f4 - Falkbeer Counter Gambit 41 36 23 2...d5 - Declined 66 21 13 2...d6 - Accepted 42 37 21 2...exf4 - Cunningham Defence 42 37 21 2...exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 - Abbazia Defence 37 33 30 2...exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 - Allgaier Gambit 50 37 13 2...exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 King's Pawn Opening 38 31 31 1. e4 - 1...e5 42 30 28 1...e5 - King's Knight Opening 41 29 30 1...e5 2. Nf3 - Queen's Knight Opening 41 29 30 1...e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 King's Indian 42 28 30 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 - Averbakh Variation 45 25 30 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 - Classical Variation 41 26 33 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 - Samisch Variation 42 30 28 5. f3 - Four Pawns Attack 43 30 27 5. f4 Larsen's Defence 37 33 30 1. b3 - Classical Variation 34 34 32 1...d5 - Modern Variation 38 33 29 1...e5 - Indian Variation 36 30 34 1...Nf6 Latvian Gambit 50 33 17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 - Accepted 51 31 18 3. exf5 - 3. Nxe5 Variation 56 31 13 3. Nxe5 Mieses Opening 39 37 24 1. d3 1...d5 Variation 39 36 25 1...d5 1...e5 Variation 40 43 17 1...e5 Modern Defence 39 31 30 1. d4 g6 - 2. c4 Variation 40 30 30 2. c4 - Robatsch Defence 39 32 29 2. e4 Nimzo Indian 33 30 37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 - Samisch Variation 31 45 24 4. a3 - Leningrad Variation 34 39 27 4. Bg5 - Main Line 33 30 37 4. e3 - Queenside Fianchetto 34 32 34 4. e3 b6 - Main Line 4...c5 36 28 36 4. e3 c5 - Main Line 5. Bd3 36 28 36 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 - Rubenstein's Variation 38 24 38 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 - Taimanov System 41 28 31 4. e3 Nc6 - 4. f3 Variation 38 30 32 4. f3 - Kasparov's Variation 32 27 41 4. g3 - 4. Nf3 Variation 33 28 39 4. Nf3 - Spielmann's Variation 39 28 33 4. Qb3 - Classical Variation 33 26 41 4. Qc2 Nimzowitsch Defence 41 34 25 1. e4 Nc6 - Centre Variation 41 37 22 2. d4 - 2...d5 Variation 43 35 22 2. d4 d5 - 2...d6 Variation 41 41 18 2. d4 d6 - 2...e5 Variation 39 38 23 2. d4 e5 - Declined 42 31 27 2. Nf3 - 2...d5 Variation 48 27 25 2. Nf3 d5 - 2...d6 Variation 43 31 26 2. Nf3 d6 Petroff's Defence 39 22 39 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 - Steinitz Variation 43 21 36 3. d4 - Paulsen Variation 37 19 44 3. Nxe5 d6 - Classical Attack 39 20 41 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 - Damiano Variation 50 28 22 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 - 3...Qe7 Variation 52 23 25 3. Nxe5 Qe7 Philidor's Defence 46 27 27 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 Pirc Defence 41 30 29 1. e4 d6 - 4. f3 Variation 42 35 23 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 - Austrian Attack 44 28 28 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 - Classical Variation 37 29 34 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Polish Defence 38 39 23 1. b4 - 1...d5 37 38 25 1...d5 - 1...e5 38 40 22 1...e5 - 1...Nf6 36 40 24 1...Nf6 Polish Opening 49 28 23 1. d4 b5 Ponziani's Opening 38 34 28 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 - 3...d5 Variation 32 42 26 3...d5 - Jaenisch Counterattack 38 32 30 3...Nf6 Pseudo King's Indian 38 29 33 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 Queen's Gambit 40 24 36 1. d4 d5 2. c4 - Slav Defence 39 23 38 2...c6 - Slav Defence 4...Bf5 Variation 57 21 22 2...c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 - Slav Defence Main Line 38 25 37 2...c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 - Accepted 37 24 39 2...dxc4 - Albin Counter-Gambit 48 30 22 2...e5 - Declined 41 23 36 2...e6 - Tarrasch Variation 39 26 35 2...e6 3. Nc3 c5 - Declined Main Line 44 22 34 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 - Declined Classical Variation 31 12 57 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 - Cambridge Springs Defence 43 26 31 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 - Semi Slav 38 25 37 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 - Semi Slav 5. Bg5 Variation 40 27 33 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 - Semi Slav 5. e3 Variation 38 23 39 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 - Meran Variation 33 27 40 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 b5 - Old Line 37 28 35 2...e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 - Chigorin Variation 46 29 25 2...Nc6 Queenside Fianchetto 46 29 25 1. e4 b6 - 2. d4 Variation 47 28 25 2. d4 - 2. Nc3 Variation 28 48 24 2. Nc3 - 2. Nf3 Variation 37 37 26 2. Nf3 Queen's Indian Defence 33 25 42 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 - Petrosian System 35 25 40 4. a3 - 4. e3 Variation 34 25 41 4. e3 - 4. g3 Variation 31 23 46 4. g3 - 4. Nc3 Variation 36 26 38 4. Nc3 Queen's Pawn Opening 38 28 34 1. d4 - 1...d5 40 25 35 1...d5 - 1...d5 2. c4 40 24 36 1...d5 2. c4 - 1...d5 2. e4 49 35 16 1...d5 2. e4 - 1...d5 2. Nf3 37 27 36 1...d5 2. Nf3 - 1...Nf6 38 29 33 1...Nf6 - 1...Nf6 2. c4 39 28 33 1...Nf6 2. c4 - 1...Nf6 2. Nf3 36 29 35 1...Nf6 2. Nf3

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Hi Everyone,    I am currently on vacation in Florida, so I won't be able to be running the group. Therfore, the Dutch Defense will start on Sunday, March 2nd. Thanks for your patience.   If you would like, I recommend you do some light study on the Dutch, so that you will not be totally new to what we discuss.       Eric

What are your favorite openings?Some of my favorites are Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez (Exchange Variation), Sicilian  (Najdorf), and Nimzo-Indian.

Welcome to the Dutch Defense, the 4th most popular defense against 1. d4. The Dutch Defense starts 1. d4 f5. If you have already done some research on the Dutch, than good job! If not, than that's ok too. I hope everyone enjoys learning the opening, and gains the confidence to play it in their own games.  The Dutch Defense was reccommended by Elias Stein in 1789, as the best move against 1. d4. It looks odd, as it weakens the King and does nothing to assist Black in development. Black's idea is to control e4, and generate a powerful Kingside Attack. Alexander Alekhine, Bent Larsen, Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Morphy, and David Bronstein have all used the Dutch with success, so the Defense must be taken seriously!   In my next post, we will discuss White's 2nd move options.

Here are some words that beginners may not know about, but are essential when discussing openings. If anyone has any words to add, please do so:Gambit:This is when material is sacraficed for something else, for example:A lead in developmentMore active piecesCapitalizing on a weak move of the opponentsbetter pawn structureand so on.Open games:Chess games starting with 1. e4 e5Semi- Open games:Chess games starting with 1. e4, and something other than e5. The most popluar is c5, the Sicilian Defense.Closed games:games starting with 1. d4 d5Indian DefensesGames starting with 1. d4 Nf6Flank openings:Opening moves by white other than e4 or d4. Most notably the English (1. c4) and 1. Nf3.I

Ok, tournament entry is closed. Here are the matchups. Just send a challenge to your opponnent called "Scandinavian Defense".Round 1: (Swiss Tournament. Winners play winners and losers play losers).Game 1:Shruikon- 1622rumurali24- 1521Game 2:JDA_JJ- 1450Kingfisher- 1398Game 3:cmh0114- 1375chesslover96- 1273Game 4:Cancer- 1244vicky0731- 1198When your game is completed, send me a message with the results of the game. 

If anyone wishes to learn more on the Scandinavian, then please join my group "Play the Scandinavian". We have 4 members right now, so we are near the end of the Online Groups list.

Hi Everyone,  It is time for our Scandinavian Defense Tournament! Here are some simple rules that everyone must follow:1. The Scandinavian Defense MUST be played. If you do not play it, you may given an automatic loss or even kicked out of the tournament. Just start at the normal starting position and play 1. e4  d5. After that, it is your choice!2. When you challenge someone (I will post who to challenge here), name the game "Scandinavian Defense".3. When a game is completed, send me a message, and I will edit the rankings.4. Also, when you finish a game, send me in a message, just the first 10 moves. Thanks!Sound like fun?? Just post your current rating here to join. Since we have 25 members, I will try to get a new member to come join.

Hi Everyone,These are the openings we have done so far:Open Game: Evans GambitSemi- Open Game: Scandinavian DefenseDon't you think we should do a closed game? How about the Dutch Defense?Post some of the openings that you would like to do in the future. Notation is not neccesary.Thanks,Eric