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I'm looking to master the Scandinavian defense. I think I should get started by studying some famous Scandinavian games played by grandmasters. Can anyone give me some sources please ?
You can use chess databases such as Chessbase if you have it and search the starting scandinavian position with elo filter.
You can also find online chess database. Let's be honest, the database on chess.com is rather poor and I'm not even sure you can use filters here but it's not the only one on the internet (hopefully).
One of my favorite Scandi Games. Bent Larsen, a master of the element of surprise, springs the Scandinavian against rising star Anatoly Karpov, and is rewarded with success.
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Close to 400 games in these 3 links:
http://www.365chess.com/search_result.php?search=1&m=2&n=20&ms=e4.d5&bid=8146
http://www.365chess.com/search_result.php?search=1&m=2&n=20&ms=e4.d5&bid=3731
http://www.365chess.com/search_result.php?search=1&m=2&n=20&ms=e4.d5&bid=5416
Here are just a couple of Tiviakov's games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1388054
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1513202
Sep 30, 2016
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Maybe not famous, but the following game was in Chernov's book "Logical Chess" as a particularly instructive example of general principles. I liked this game since one opponent I play over the board uses this same amateurish variation and I've had a hard time doing better than getting a draw against him, so this demonstrates how a relatively boring endgame can be won.
Oct 2, 2016
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What line of the Scandi are you planning on playing?
3...Qd6, 3...Qa5, 3...Qd8, or 2...Nf6?
3...Qd6, 3...Qa5, 3...Qd8, or 2...Nf6?
Oct 3, 2016
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A pretty famous one was round 14 of the 1995 World Championship Match. Black (Anand) actually had a fairly significant advantage until he blundered late. Can't blame the loss on the opening.
Oct 3, 2016
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ChrisWainscott wrote:
What line of the Scandi are you planning on playing?3...Qd6, 3...Qa5, 3...Qd8, or 2...Nf6?
You assume White plays 3.Nc3. He has to know more than just one of those third moves if he plays queen takes on move 2. You also have 3.d4, which is not very good but you still must know it, and 3.Nf3, what I play as White, which take on more of a flavor of the 4.Nf3 lines of the Alekhine. Not a direct transposition, just the nature of the game when White plays that line.
Clark_20 wrote:
I'm looking to master the Scandinavian defense. I think I should get started by studying some famous Scandinavian games played by grandmasters. Can anyone give me some sources please ?
GM Matthias Wahls
GM Miguel Munoz Pantoja
GM Sergei Tiviakov
GM Prie
This is a list of GMs that have taken up Scandinavian. (Not just dappled in Blitz games on a rare occasion.
The best primer I've found to get someone up and playing the Scandinavian is "The Essential Center Counter Defense" by Andrew Martin . 137 pages ... on the main line i.e. The Anderssen Var 3...Qa5