lol awesome, I'll use this to annoy a lower rated player in blitz.
No, I've never seen it. If it's actually good enough for long games, I might adopt it against strong people too.
scandinavian defense as white
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It's not considered a sound gambit, but it can probably generate a few quick wins in blitz.
Sep 3, 2010
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Estragon wrote:
It's a cousin of the Wing Gambit in the Sicilian, but probably not as good.
My question would be: if you are willing to spend time preparing against the Scandi, why not just learn the main lines? White already is gaining time on Black's Queen, he doesn't have to give up a pawn to do it.
i know the main lines of the scandinavian pretty well. i just thought this looked fun. my engine had it scored winning for white even after black takes the pawn, so i thought it might be worth a try.
Sep 3, 2010
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trigs wrote:
anyone have experience playing this line as white? i couldn't find much on it, but i've read that it can be pretty decent in otb games. what do you think?
After 1 e4 d5 2 ed Qd5 3 Nc3 Qa5, 4 b4 is called Mieses' Gambit. According to Larry Evans in his book "The Chess Opening For You", Black equalizes easily.
Sep 4, 2010
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jemptymethod wrote:
Playing this as White will help you improve how you handle the 3...Qd6 variation, since that is where Black's queen winds up, see diagram below. Both in this gambit line, and against the 3...Qd6 variation, I like a setup for White with d4, Bc4 and instead of Nf3, Ne2, so as to chase Black's queen with Bf4; I got a draw with this setup against a 2100+ player on queenalice.com
thanks for that. nice game.
Sep 5, 2010
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gambitlover wrote:
Estragon wrote:
It's a cousin of the Wing Gambit in the Sicilian, but probably not as good.
My question would be: if you are willing to spend time preparing against the Scandi, why not just learn the main lines? White already is gaining time on Black's Queen, he doesn't have to give up a pawn to do it.
White does not gain time. He has lost time with taking the pawn on the second move. And he wins it back by chasing the Queen. So time is even.
This is correct. After 1 e4 d5 2 ed Qd5, it is BLACK who is a tempo ahead. White regains his lost tempo by playing 3 Nc3.
Sep 5, 2010
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Ah, this is a very nice gambit, that also is covered in Gambiteer 1 by Nigel Davies.
I think this gambit is useless, without 6. a4!!
It could go like this. I believe this is good for white, and if anyone wanna play this against me (me as white of course), i really want to :)
anyone have experience playing this line as white? i couldn't find much on it, but i've read that it can be pretty decent in otb games. what do you think?