is scandinavian a good defence

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ParshGala5

I have a boy names atharva in class who always play scam

ParshGala5

sorry Scandinavian defence and I always loose his rating is 1476

ParshGala5

sorry Scandinavian defence and I always loose his rating is 1476

arul_kumar

It will surprise your opponent. But I think it is not good against a better player.

LearnHard

The scandinavian defense has not been refuted or found unsound. However, it doesn't score as well as some others in master play.

Since it is a less common defense it make a good way to surprise your opponent as @arul_kumar pointed out. So if the player playing it, plays it a lot it can make for an easy advantage. It sounds like this is the case with your friend he plays it a lot and knows it, but you don't so this works to his advantage.

Blunt_Force_Trauma

It's fine.

It is not theoretically or perhaps practically as strong as other openings, but it's not bad.

ParshGala5

but why can anyone tell proper sequence of play

steve_bute

It is played at master level. If you download history for some of the bigger tournaments, you'll notice it is played often but not nearly as often as 1...e5.

I_Am_Second
ParshGala5 wrote:

I have a boy names atharva in class who always play scam

I play it, and sscore well with it.  If white pushes the e-pawn, i get a French Advance.  If white takes the pawn, i play 2.Nf6, and look forward to an Icelandic Gambit.

steve_bute
I_Am_Second wrote:

[...] If white pushes the e-pawn, i get a French Advance. [...]

After 1.e4 d5 2.e5 you can play Bf5 with better chances than you'd have in the Advance French.

ParshGala5

I want a good defence against Scandinavian

ParshGala5

I want a good defence against Scandinavian

amoghkannan
amoghkannan

People play the Scandivanian to avoid their opponents` opening preparation. 

TheGoalkeeper

How 'bout Artic? Antartican?

ParshGala5

ok.. I know good defence against Scandinavian but I want middle game oositional play

ParshGala5

ok...

tactacian

i play scande regularly and have quite good results in OTB tourneys

I_Am_Second
steve_bute wrote:
I_Am_Second wrote:

[...] If white pushes the e-pawn, i get a French Advance. [...]

After 1.e4 d5 2.e5 you can play Bf5 with better chances than you'd have in the Advance French.

Yep, that works too.  I just have a preference for ...c5

ParshGala5

I want to play with white