Do you play 2.exd5 following 1.e4 d5??
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Aug 23, 2007
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#2
there is no real significant move here except exd5. everything else is inferior. against Nc3 just play d4.
I always open with e4 and always take exd5 if available...
I always play 2 exd5.
Yeah, I always end up dominating those who don't play 2.exd5
exd5 is a very good move. Why? the answer Qxd5 and yours should be Nc3, attacking the queen. After that you continue playing without problems, developing all your pieces.
after 1.e4 d5 why would white play anything but 2.exd5 ?!?!?!??!?!
I don't know. I just thought the sky was falling or something, because I haven't seen a mainline Scandinavian played out (I'm talking about 1.e4 e5 2.exd5 Qxd5).
Glad to know that there are more sensible people out there =D.
2. exd5 it's obviously, but instead 2. Qxd5 Black can continue Nf6.
Aug 24, 2007
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#11
Certainly, 2. exd5 is the most "independent" move from the point of view of distinguishing the Center Counter Defense from other openings. However, even though I never play it, I do not see any problem with 2. e5.
One "virtue" of this move is that it can transpose to openings that Black probably had no intention of playing (e.g., Advance Variation of the French Defense).
Aug 25, 2007
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#12
The advantage black has in the Advance of the French Defense is that he can play 2. ... Bf5 and make use of the light-squared bishop. 2. e5 is not to be recommended.
I used to take the pawn, but since I've started playing lots of gambits, I've switched to 2. d4 against the Scandinavean, transposing into the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3).
--Fromper
I never had a real chess coach. My father taught me the basics and the rest i learned out of exp. Why is chess openings so important?? Can't you just play an opening like you would play the middel game?? OK, if you know how to counter an opening, it gives you a bit of an advantage, but can you really study all the openings? Isn't the middel game and end game more important? I would like to know your views!! Maybe you can convince me to study openings aswell
O ye, before i forget. I normally open with with 1. e4. It opens up your B and Q wich alows you to attack and defend easily. But if you play it allot it gets kind of boring
i lost a game as White facing the Scandinavian by Black. I went e4-d5, exd-Nf6,c4-c6,dxc Nxc. Can someone teach me how to post the game here?
Just click on the chess bord. Its the icon to your left and follow the instructions
Thanks, Gideon.
Gideon, the higher the level of your opponents, the more likely that they'll know the types of positions that result from the particular openings they play and be able to play those particular positions better than you. So you need to know enough about certain openings to steer it in your favor, or at least know what to expect. But at low and intermediate levels, if you just follow good general opening principles, most games will be determined by how well both players handle the middle and endgame phases.
I think the key if you're studying chess to improve is to just look at your recent losses, figure out where your biggest weaknesses are, and work on improving those. If you're not losing games because of poor opening play, then don't bother studying the openings yet. If you're not sure if you played an opening properly in of your games, maybe look it up in an opening encycopedia type book (like MCO or NCO) or a database of master games (like on chesslab.com) to see how masters would have played that position. You'll learn good opening moves a little bit at a time that way, and learn a little from those master games, without spending too much time on opening study when there are more important areas for you to work on.
--Fromper
Also known as the Scandinavian, 1...d5 is my favorite response as black. However, in every single "online chess" game I've played, not one person has taken it. I end up getting 2.Nf3 or 2.Nc3. What is going on here, I thought everyone liked to follow the mainline, which is potentially dangerous for black as black has to play carefully to avoid many traps.
I was curious as to how of you respond to
1.e4 d5. If you've never encountered this respone by black before to 1.e4, then now is a good time to think of how you would want to respond.