The scandinavian defense
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My favourite too, anything unusual is good...
7.Nc6 is not good, just forgot about his queen and you really do not want to exchange it. But i know from an Andrew Martin video that this can be played in some lines, not here though as you cannot get out with check or castling. I really wanted to try it and undeservingly won.
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Thanks a lot for doing this one Koala8, I was searching for a good opening as Black for several weeks, and finally settled on this one. After 2.exd5 I like to capture with the Queen, and then after 3.Nc3 pull her back to d6. Supposedly it takes her out of immediate danger, but she is still influencing the board a lot. I liked it so much I even went out and got an entire DVD on Qd6 by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili. If anyone here plays that variation I'd love to hear your feedback on it. H.G.
I know a trap in this defense for white.
Thank you very much pfren, I'll do a search for the Tiviakov games and keep working on the half baked videos, lol. Just one question if you would be kind enough to take the time to answer. What makes this opening very passive? I thought that Black with d4 is immediatly challenging for the center, and then if recaptures with the Queen, even if I pull her back to d6 she's still out there exerting pressure isn't she??
Thank you for the link and the advice pfren. I´ll try to stick to "plan A" as much as possible!!!
pfren,
How does the Tiviakov DVD compare with the Andrew Martin one? http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/the_scandinavian-the_easy_way_2nd_edition
Thanks
After 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6, is it better for white to try to hold on to hold on to the pawn with c4, or should white play something like 3.d4?
Jul 23, 2012
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@fischerandchips,
Don't try to hold that pawn. d4 is the safer route, and pretty solid, if I recall correctly.
fischerandchips wrote:
After 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6, is it better for white to try to hold on to hold on to the pawn with c4, or should white play something like 3.d4?
Or you can try a little physcologic trick and go for 3.c4 anyways. When Black replies 3...c6 then 4.d4 whom I think is the Panov-Botvinnik Attack, favorable for White in this setup. But the best still is 3.d4 here.
Jul 23, 2012
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pfren wrote:
This is a bad line of a bad gambit (Blackmar- Diemer).
Once Black realizes that the cheapo ...Bg4 is not on, he will come up with 6...Qg4 7.Qf2 e5, when white is basically two pawns down for nothing.
@hiredgun7: the 3...Qd6 variation is a very solid, and very passive one. Anyway, if you want to play it, then you'd better study the games of Sergei Tiviakov than Dzindzi's half baked videos.
Even if black knows what he's doing, the Blackmar-Diemer gambit has a very high win percentage for white.
pfren wrote:
jphillips wrote:
Even if black knows what he's doing, the Blackmar-Diemer gambit has a very high win percentage for white.
True, it's a great opening for anyone that cares about lousy statistics largely based on patzer games.
Did you have a bad encounter with Emil Josef Diemer in the past? Oh my god, you are really the no.1 hater of this opening...congratulation! 
The scandinavian defense is an interesting opening that gambits off a pawn to get great center control