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Scandinavian Defense - 3.Nf3 and 3.d4

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3.Nf3 and 3.d4: position after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. d3 Nf6
Position after 7... Nf6

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 d5

    The Scandinavian Defense forces an immediate pawn trade and gives us a solid structure that resembles what we get in the Caro-Kann Defense.

  2. 2. exd5

    White takes back, and we have two main options: capture with our queen on that pawn or play the gambit style with knight to f6.

  3. 2... Qxd5

    Better than 2...Nf6, as that move hands White a comfortable edge without any real effort on their part.

  4. 3. Nf3

    This solid move ranks as the top choice instead of 3.Nc3, maintaining flexibility for our c-pawn so we can establish an optimal pawn structure using c4 and d4.

  5. 3... Bg4

    Natural development that pins the knight. Taking on f3 next would ruin White's pawn structure.

  6. 4. Be2

    White's ambitious plan involves expanding on d4, c4, and Nc3, but we're going to prevent this setup.

  7. 4... Nc6

    Black develops naturally, and White has several options here including the main move 5.d4 .

  8. 5. O-O?

    White's slow setup lets us castle queenside and take the initiative.

  9. 5... O-O-O

    Having our rook positioned on d8 means White can never play d4, so we're already equal with good counterplay ahead.

  10. 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. d3 Nf6

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. d3 Nf6

  2. 3. d4

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Bb4 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nc3 Nf6

  3. 3. d4

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c4 Qe4+ 6. Be2 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxd4 8. O-O Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nf6 10. Nc3 c6

  4. 3. d4

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7

  5. 4. Nc3

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Qe6+ 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nc6 7. d3 O-O-O 8. Be3 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7

  6. 5. Nc3

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. O-O O-O-O 7. d3 e5 8. Be3 f5 9. h3 h5 10. hxg4 hxg4

  7. 5. d4

    1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. c3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qxd4

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