Some vato did the Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) we traded pawns (2. exd5 Qxd5) I threatened his queen (3. Nc3) he did the Patzer Variation (3...Qe5+) then 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 and he's like ay back up off my queen vato (5...Qe6) then 6. Be3 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Qxe2 10. Ngxe2 O-O-O 11. Bxa7 b6 12. Nb5 Rxd5 13. c4 Rc5 14. b3 Kb7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Rd8 Rxb5 17. cxb5 Kxa7 18. O-O e6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Nc6+ Kb7 21. Rxh8 and then that fool gave up and I'm like that'll teach you to front holmes.
lol you noob. scandinavian then you sacrifice the c pawn as well by going c6 and then when white captures you recapture with knight and you sacrificed a pawn
while white does gain an advantage in most games played with the Scandinavian Defense, black has great counter attacking chances. A good advantage can disapear very quickly if you cant play accurate positional play as white, so this is why its played at the club leval but not at the GM leval as much.
how about detailed coverage of 2.e5? no grandmasters cover it in detail, but more than half of amateur games play the advance variation and it drives me totally nuts! i just can't figure out how to get my kingside pieces out. it's a straightjacket that makes me hate playing the CC.
it's smothering to a tactical player who doesn't understand position. i spend the entire game trying to figure out how to get rid of that effing e5 pawn and often 0-0-0 into worse trouble
Thank you for the video. I've watched many, and this isn't a complaint, but it would help you avoid saying "um" and "uh" so much if you wrote something out along the lines of what you're going to say. Great stuff though, love it!
@laputadetumadre11 The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit it's by far my favourite opening. As I can hardly ever play it against 1.d4 (because of 1...Nf6), I take profit of the Scandinavian to play it. Oh, and I'm not scared of any opening, it's just that I have some favourite lines.
@qertasdfgzxcvb fair enough but its easy enough to get an advantage with white against the Scandinavian, and black could force you into a french defense by playing e6 next. He doesn't have to take your pawn. I do this a lot as black, forcing white into a normal french or a superior french if he plays 2.e5. Then you go from having the chance to obtain an easy advantage to having to fight a french.
Thanks for the lessons, they have improved my game. Im sure this has been pointed out but he white queen is on the wrong square on your opening picture ;)
Please check out my videos on openings. Youtube chessreaper. You will learn a lot more on different variations that you might apply in your games more than Jrobichess.
i used the scandinavian D today playing at the park while sort of. but after i took pawn on D5 and was threaten B1 to C3, i pushed queen to D4 for fun to see what i could do. i found it to be quite nice bc i stopped D2 down to D4. but white pushed F1 to E2 which was sloppy and was able to reinforce queen with B8 to C6. White pushed pawn on D2 to lead to bishop development.but from there i opened E7 to E6. this could have been avoid if white pushed G1 to F3 forcing queen to fallback
It was a rather small vid,not containing much information(you could add some more moves for example).
For those who like surprises,sacrifices against average players,I suggest this:
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 here you can cut with knight but I prefer: 3. ... Kf6 letting him another pawn in exchange for opening columns D,C,B and develop the bishop. Played some really interesting attacking games with it.
Ironically this is my favorite opening. I'm not an aggressive player, and this is a good way to draw your opponent to the field without going 'all out'.
i use this everynow and again for standard but it is beautiful for blitz and bullet, i find if they dont take d5 i just take the pawn straight off no matter what they play and develop my queen anyways
I think 3. ... Qd6 looks nice. Especially if Sc6, Sf6,Pg6,Bg7,O-O. It's a shame this isn't more popular. Though I see why it's not common if white can so easily 'decline' playing against Scandinavian lines.
wwhy do people play 1.e4??? i personalolly think 1.d4 is better...has very strong, lasting effects and queenside castling avoids the murderous backrank# and the queen to h2#or a2........just asking...even anand plays that.....ofcourse its a little defensive.....
the defense is pointless. you don't gain any tempo because you have to move your queen twice. white can just push your queen around while developing pieces and you have no compensation.
I have just played this defence in way of making check and after that attacking the weak b7 pawn, but actually (due to myself) lost advantage for the first moves. Or it's just me, because in the end I won.
It's a nice video. I found myself most curious about why black plays c6 in the book line. More attention to the rationale behind moves in the book line would generally help me out in presentations like this.
the pawn push to c6 gives the Queen access to c7, so that when the knight moves, exposing the queen to attack via the bishop, she can move to a useful dark square diagonal...especially if the king castles on the kingside....ie. it keeps tension on h7
You would call it the Scandanavian opening if it were for White. Whoever moves first in a game is obviously being aggressive, such as playing e4 to take control of the middle. If White moves first, it is being aggressive, and this means that the defensive must be Black.
It's a general term rather than actually saying that it is defensive.
@Cox1177 Illiterate tool, he was responding to someone who said, "Playing queen early clearly grants a disadvantage to black. Also why is this called "Defence"? Nearly all moves are aggressive."
5 days ago I gave this opening a shot to counter the boring e4 pawn move. So this is how i play it...
1. e4 d5
2. xd5 Nf6
I win a huge percentage of these games when they move Nc3 there but usually white plays c4 making a decent kind of game getting me into a true Icelandic gambit.
I can propose a trap for when the pawn is not taken, but defended with knight.. It's stupid, but according to 365chess com, there have been several grandmasters that have played it! (blunders maybe?)
Here goes:
1. e4 d5
2. Nc3 d4
3. Nd5?? e5!
The kniggit has nowhere to run! >:D
And after some move of his, play 4...c6, and knight goodnight! BWHAHAHA!
this is simply blocked after e5 by Qh5, and if you still decide to play c6, Q X e5 check, then you can take the pawn on d4 and get excellent positional compensation.
I wouldn't say excellent... I tried it with Fritz 12, and you still win materially and the attack coming with knight, bishop and queen is somewhat easily defended... I say the trap still holds! :D
Black move queen to Qxd5. Then Kc3,then moving Qa5 not only keeping it active, but also gaining center control. But in a sense it does slow Black down, but not by much. (it depends on the the player)
Hah! That was what I just revisited this video to say! :D
c5 blocks out the e4 pawn. After that, I think Nc6 is best. Puts pressure on hanging (?) pawn and maybe one can push pawn (f6) so that white must capture.. Then you can easily devolop kniggit!
Good video, i will try the Scandinavian, the fact is i like to be white. You think its better to know more moves of your favorite colour?? pardon for my english, i speek spanish
The best is when you play against people who have never heard of the defence. They usually defend their e4 pawn with d3, which leads into me attacking trading the pawns on e4 and d5 (dxe4 dxe4). Which I conclude with a wonderful queen swap! Forcing the king to move, and thus unable to castle. Only inexperienced players would play it though.. ;)
Vishy Anand used it against Kasparov to gain an excellent position, even though Kasparov won in the end... It was inevitable, he was infact Kasparov. Anand used it at least! ;P
do Qe7 and black is better i think becous if Qb7 then a discover check with Bd5 and the queen is gone so the best move is Be2 not n2e becous then you block the bishop so if he just ignores it and does somethin like Nf3 then a discover check Bc4 wins the queen so white must do Be2 ones he does that then you do Qb4 queen takes you and you take back with Bb4 and then you will have a good game :D
Hi jrobichess you are a good chess player and I watched alot of your videos . I wonder if I can play with you? I know I will lose but I want to see how you play . In yahoo .
I like to play the 1. e4 d5 2. ed: Nf6 line, although i mostly use philidor's defence.
I'm pretty hobby player though, Elo 1500-1700 and i heard, GM's prefer 2. .. Qd5: because 2.. Nf6 tends to end up easier in a tie game ( dunno where i read this).
well, that's why these GM's seem to like Sicilian and stuff, not that many ties...
...I hate to play against the sicilian defense!! I'm too lazy to learn all variances. I simply do 1. e4... 2. c3 or Sc3 and hope for the best :S.
I never liked this defense because white gains that initial tempo on the queen, and even if the queen is developed is not very safe to develop the queen so early in a match because that is exploited by white and black loses several tempos. Also when white plays bishop to d2 there is another tempo on the queen if black moves the knight on c3. I dont really think black wins tempo on white. Every time I have played agaisnt someone who used that defense I ended up winning without much problems.
The defense may have some kind of compensation, but the tempo losing moves give black a passive position if the queen doesnt retreat right away. It may be good to surprise in high level of competition but even so... surprising an experienced high level player is a hard thing to do...
well gtamateur sure does live up to his name doesnt he.......anand used the scandinavian to surprise his opponent even though he thought it was bad..?? what a strange comment....and yes by the way he did use this against kasparov and got a wonderful position but ended up blundering....anywho good vid j...
@jrobichess Hey, I like your videos. But I have to agree with gtamateur. You don't typically see this opening at the highest levels anymore. You have the element of surprise (players aren't as likely to expect it), but I wouldn't use it against a really good positional player. But as you show in your videos, you can find advantages in almost any opening.
first at all jrobi show the scan. def primitive version of the years 1900. The modern version who can be use by gm is after e4xd5 u do Ng8-f6 to take back with the king's knight
dragonforce, go through alekine middle period, then lasker line by line, middle lines, then compare background and foreground, you will gain skill in time
I don't understand. By advancing the black queen pawn, not only do you expose the black king to any diagonal attack, but you also lock in the black king bishop so castling would be impossible.
The Scandinavian Defense is one of those openings I (and many others) will never dream of doing. Sure in theory developing your Queen right to the center sounds nice, but in practice you allow White to gain 2 tempi with no positional benefit for yourself.
As Black, I prefer the Sicilian against 1 e4, or Dutch Defense against 1 d4.
Great video nonetheless, I love analyzing/learning various openings.
however, I like with a variation you play Qd6. That way I think it actually builds your center. Try Marshall or Icelandic gambit, which he shows in this video.
The Scandinavian has been used by many Grand Master players, so we can;t dismiss the opening as a bust. I do agree that the extra tempi white gets is a turn off but the opening allows black a lot more flexibility than other openings. It also requires less theory as opposed to the Sicilian, so its good for those without a lot of time, although i do see your point.
Scandinavian is one of my favorite attacks against e4. I play Marshall Gambit all of the time. I prefer c6 due to the fact that I use my knights in the beginning more than I use my bishops. Personally, with this, I think a Bg7 fianchetto would be a considerably good move.
Just posting this as a suggestion and maybe someone could tell me if the fianchetto is a bad move. Maybe I overlooked something.
drummerchess, fianchetto, opens partial gambits andcomplexs at 17 and 24, if you strain at 30 and 32 try, make sure you have some good ibuprofen, you'll be over(around 50 moves, not good for tournement, a blitz strarting at 4-dash at 7 and 9 and and a good center formula for 11, 14, 17-21, avoid the hard 24, as it makes 27 difficult, fianchetto with knights is hazardous, as they move around a bit and you usually miss something, 42-45, or 49 or more don't play alekhine with scandanavian d,
White moves pawn twice, but black will have to move the Queen three times. Once to capture the pawn, once to escape the knight, and again to escape the bishop. It appears that white will have the tempo back with interest in a few moves. As a rule of thumb, you should avoid developing the Queen too early. That's why I don't care for this opening. Thanks for the vid though. I'm a big fan.
by using GM games to illustrate we get to really see what is going on and the way that you explain these opening adds credibility to your subscriptions good job!!
If 1.e4 d5 2.e5, 2...e6? is a big mistake. Much better is Bf5, since after 1.e4 d5 2.e5 Bf5 3.d4 e6, Black achieves a French set-up, but doesn't the light Bishop is outside the Pawn chain.
G2 at 3:43 is not because it is on a dark square, it's because it doesn't move that way. It could be on a dark square and still take on G2 from a different square.
hi ...great vids ... but it is frustrating when you 'just flip through the next few moves' ... if you slowed down a teeny weeny bit we could slow the vid down and get a lot more info out of it = D
i love chess
waqaskhan92 6 days ago
Some vato did the Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) we traded pawns (2. exd5 Qxd5) I threatened his queen (3. Nc3) he did the Patzer Variation (3...Qe5+) then 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 and he's like ay back up off my queen vato (5...Qe6) then 6. Be3 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Qxe2 10. Ngxe2 O-O-O 11. Bxa7 b6 12. Nb5 Rxd5 13. c4 Rc5 14. b3 Kb7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Rd8 Rxb5 17. cxb5 Kxa7 18. O-O e6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Nc6+ Kb7 21. Rxh8 and then that fool gave up and I'm like that'll teach you to front holmes.
ChessCholo 1 week ago
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jacovc1986 1 month ago
lol you noob. scandinavian then you sacrifice the c pawn as well by going c6 and then when white captures you recapture with knight and you sacrificed a pawn
Kinjutsuu 1 month ago
why not 3. ... Qf5?
soapenvelope 3 months ago in playlist Tutorials
@soapenvelope it can easily be attacked with tempo by 4. Bd3
videogamerboyman 3 months ago
the bishops arrow is wonky...
darknight399 3 months ago
if white plays pawn to e4 and you play d5 and white takes play knight f6
MrLuc12111 3 months ago
Can anyone point me to an in depth video series on Scandinavian Defense somewhere ? I intend to make it into my main retort to e4 as Black.
LooksAeterna 5 months ago
I just found one in which this video here is included: view_play_list?p=36CE6C37FB05FCB5
LooksAeterna 5 months ago
like if Ron Weasley got you interested in the Scandinavian Center Counter Defense in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone.
Aar0nDavis 5 months ago 4
while white does gain an advantage in most games played with the Scandinavian Defense, black has great counter attacking chances. A good advantage can disapear very quickly if you cant play accurate positional play as white, so this is why its played at the club leval but not at the GM leval as much.
theunbeatenable 5 months ago
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MrFartman555 5 months ago
how about detailed coverage of 2.e5? no grandmasters cover it in detail, but more than half of amateur games play the advance variation and it drives me totally nuts! i just can't figure out how to get my kingside pieces out. it's a straightjacket that makes me hate playing the CC.
it's smothering to a tactical player who doesn't understand position. i spend the entire game trying to figure out how to get rid of that effing e5 pawn and often 0-0-0 into worse trouble
dubhippy 5 months ago
At 8:55 why not take pawn B2 ???
adi1096 6 months ago
this is what ron weasely used in the first movie! i love it
nise22 6 months ago
WHAT THE fuck!!?
jo4sky 6 months ago
Thank you for the video. I've watched many, and this isn't a complaint, but it would help you avoid saying "um" and "uh" so much if you wrote something out along the lines of what you're going to say. Great stuff though, love it!
Thakratese 7 months ago
Thank you for the video. I've
bobreeda 8 months ago
you dont look into knight f7 on move two instead of queen d5
majorsromo 9 months ago
who was you"re chess master?
issiac360 9 months ago
You can break this defense by sending out the bishop to B5, causing a check
Dawmoon 10 months ago
I hate it! Therefore, I transpose into the Blackmar-Diemer gambit with 2.d4. If you hate to play against the scandinavian, learn the B-D!
qertasdfgzxcvb 11 months ago
@qertasdfgzxcvb only pussies are scared of the Scandinavian.
laputadetumadre11 7 months ago
@laputadetumadre11 The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit it's by far my favourite opening. As I can hardly ever play it against 1.d4 (because of 1...Nf6), I take profit of the Scandinavian to play it. Oh, and I'm not scared of any opening, it's just that I have some favourite lines.
qertasdfgzxcvb 7 months ago
@qertasdfgzxcvb fair enough but its easy enough to get an advantage with white against the Scandinavian, and black could force you into a french defense by playing e6 next. He doesn't have to take your pawn. I do this a lot as black, forcing white into a normal french or a superior french if he plays 2.e5. Then you go from having the chance to obtain an easy advantage to having to fight a french.
laputadetumadre11 7 months ago
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bass109 1 year ago
DANG!
That very end piece run here could have used a whole video!
You showed two middle game strategies develope doing it that way.
Brilliant!
MisterBoneman 1 year ago
Move the queen two times don´t anule the "tempo" you won ??
mightybatillo 1 year ago
@mightybatillo Less, it still reduce your activity on the board, but there is numerous traps if whi players trys to grab the queen right away
maxamix1 10 months ago
the Scandinavian is what i do when i feel aggrisive.
Foosofdeath 1 year ago
what if at 3:42 they move there queen to e2 instead of there bishop .
gehtomacgyver 1 year ago
If example 1.e4 d5 2.f3
What would be a good move for black? Do I just develop more pieces?
XAzureAngelX 1 year ago
Thanks for the lessons, they have improved my game. Im sure this has been pointed out but he white queen is on the wrong square on your opening picture ;)
pufferfish0567 1 year ago
What happens if white push the pawn instead of taking on d5?
AbdalaElSusi 1 year ago
Checked out the website Jrobi. I like it. (I want the "NF3 Can You Handle It?" T-Shirt.)
Had me up all night playin' chess on your various little puzzles and your thinking machine 4.
RyuLoki 1 year ago
yeah... im weak in the opening this vid of your help me a lot.. LOVE IT
mielord21 1 year ago
If you want to get better at chess study endgames more than openings.
TheReddwarff100 1 year ago
I love you! Thanks for these lessons, man.
railenmiles 1 year ago
Wheres a site I can go to, to see games that grandmaster have use this opening?
mogimuss 1 year ago
Please check out my videos on openings. Youtube chessreaper. You will learn a lot more on different variations that you might apply in your games more than Jrobichess.
ChessReaper 1 year ago
If Karpov used the Scandinavian defense against me, he would win 100% of the time.
mikeusat 1 year ago
Man, I don't want to play a game with jrobichess... his light bishops have magic powers.
Username93611 1 year ago
i used the scandinavian D today playing at the park while sort of. but after i took pawn on D5 and was threaten B1 to C3, i pushed queen to D4 for fun to see what i could do. i found it to be quite nice bc i stopped D2 down to D4. but white pushed F1 to E2 which was sloppy and was able to reinforce queen with B8 to C6. White pushed pawn on D2 to lead to bishop development.but from there i opened E7 to E6. this could have been avoid if white pushed G1 to F3 forcing queen to fallback
MarkedInsanity 1 year ago
It was a rather small vid,not containing much information(you could add some more moves for example).
For those who like surprises,sacrifices against average players,I suggest this:
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 here you can cut with knight but I prefer: 3. ... Kf6 letting him another pawn in exchange for opening columns D,C,B and develop the bishop. Played some really interesting attacking games with it.
Lastly,Scandinavian motive is "Pin pin pin".
kostasmouratidis 1 year ago
Pretty awesome dude!
guanatail 1 year ago
yes white moves his pawn twice but black moves his queen twice straight after equaling it out
mcclurify 1 year ago
The sound quality is awful :l
ironknightzero 1 year ago
Ironically this is my favorite opening. I'm not an aggressive player, and this is a good way to draw your opponent to the field without going 'all out'.
Andrekky 1 year ago
Then again, I say that as a casual player and not a professional. Just thought I'd add that part.
Andrekky 1 year ago
I have been playing this opening for 20 years. You show it very well i must say.
IEatNubs6 1 year ago
i use this everynow and again for standard but it is beautiful for blitz and bullet, i find if they dont take d5 i just take the pawn straight off no matter what they play and develop my queen anyways
adhdboy699 1 year ago
you can defnd anything with enough c4! heh heh heh... >:D
anyway very interesting vid! keep up the good work:D
doughnutugy1 1 year ago
i ment blacks 2nd move could go e6 or c5 and it would go french/caro kannish opening :p
Grillflenseren 1 year ago
what if someone declines this defence, and doesE4-E5..?
kweetvanniks 1 year ago
@kweetvanniks well i guess black would go 3. -, e6 or 3. - c5 and it would transform into some french opening
Grillflenseren 1 year ago
@kweetvanniks
Bf5 or c5
alapin1980 1 year ago
@kweetvanniks
don't forget e6
alapin1980 1 year ago
i love how clear your videos are, im just getting into chess and they really help!
MrBaz1988 1 year ago
I think 3. ... Qd6 looks nice. Especially if Sc6, Sf6,Pg6,Bg7,O-O. It's a shame this isn't more popular. Though I see why it's not common if white can so easily 'decline' playing against Scandinavian lines.
ezekieloak 1 year ago
i dnt c the advantage of this since u say black has the advantage by being more developed but the knight threatens the queen and then ur even
lockedinsideurhsbox 1 year ago
What happen in the bronstien if Nb4 after Qd3.
DeamonReader 1 year ago
nice
nikemaster1000 1 year ago
wwhy do people play 1.e4??? i personalolly think 1.d4 is better...has very strong, lasting effects and queenside castling avoids the murderous backrank# and the queen to h2#or a2........just asking...even anand plays that.....ofcourse its a little defensive.....
koma1997 1 year ago
@koma1997 it open up light square bishop and queen which the black king is on and starts easier development. take a look at d4 and e4 win percentages
adhdboy699 1 year ago
the defense is pointless. you don't gain any tempo because you have to move your queen twice. white can just push your queen around while developing pieces and you have no compensation.
MrZingnigga 1 year ago
@MrZingnigga Unless after you take you go Qd6 and use that to build your pawn structure and develop
adhdboy699 1 year ago
Beautiful defense.
soccom8341576 1 year ago
i can beat almost all my friends at chess lol!
except this Asian dude, yup their pretty smart...
DragonMan933 1 year ago
I'm asian and none of my "white" friends can beat me, besides this mexican guy, a black guy, and a weird gay guy...
khingratsaphone 1 year ago
thank it will help me in beating my freinds lol
Vadeem0 1 year ago
Ur doing a fab job mate
abdurrazzaq100 1 year ago
sorry aelarath i clicked it poor comment on accident
helpme276 1 year ago
hazillow must be ranked low becuase i beat a 1234 in a uscf chess tournament with it
helpme276 1 year ago
ah i can never play it right, just too used to playing icelandic
aelarath 1 year ago
I have just played this defence in way of making check and after that attacking the weak b7 pawn, but actually (due to myself) lost advantage for the first moves. Or it's just me, because in the end I won.
KnightOfAnna 2 years ago
It's a nice video. I found myself most curious about why black plays c6 in the book line. More attention to the rationale behind moves in the book line would generally help me out in presentations like this.
Ringcaat 2 years ago
the pawn push to c6 gives the Queen access to c7, so that when the knight moves, exposing the queen to attack via the bishop, she can move to a useful dark square diagonal...especially if the king castles on the kingside....ie. it keeps tension on h7
jedi0424 1 year ago
@Ringcaat
agreed
gabyalejandrax 1 year ago
i love playing chess, but have never really thought about studying it like this before. thanks for the insights man
81GJOHN 2 years ago
Playing queen early clearly grants a disadvantage to black. Also why is this called "Defence"? Nearly all moves are aggressive.
Deathwish874 2 years ago
You would call it the Scandanavian opening if it were for White. Whoever moves first in a game is obviously being aggressive, such as playing e4 to take control of the middle. If White moves first, it is being aggressive, and this means that the defensive must be Black.
It's a general term rather than actually saying that it is defensive.
etts1 2 years ago 13
Thanks for the information. =)
Deathwish874 2 years ago
@etts1 Dude are you stupid, it says Defense right there. I hope you don't have kids....
Cox1177 1 year ago
@Cox1177 Illiterate tool, he was responding to someone who said, "Playing queen early clearly grants a disadvantage to black. Also why is this called "Defence"? Nearly all moves are aggressive."
ublade82 9 months ago
I love it when my opponent plays 3... Qc6.
Zelrio28 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
scandinavian defense is a terrible way to play black. i can't tell you how many people i've owned simply because they've played this trash.
hazillow 2 years ago
What computer program is that you are using?
mIPhoneShere 2 years ago 2
Nice presentation, thanks
mmontes1967 2 years ago
boring opening
crackerjack113 2 years ago
it"s very good for white but try this variation " after the white take your pawn dont take it back and instead attack the pawn wwith your left knight
sadcommunity 2 years ago
nice trap Thymonico
lobbylock 2 years ago
5 days ago I gave this opening a shot to counter the boring e4 pawn move. So this is how i play it...
1. e4 d5
2. xd5 Nf6
I win a huge percentage of these games when they move Nc3 there but usually white plays c4 making a decent kind of game getting me into a true Icelandic gambit.
aelarath 2 years ago
I love this line.
Riuu 2 years ago
i hate starting the game with the queen already in the centre
aelarath 2 years ago 50
@aelarath
me too, not my style
SpongeInPyjama 2 years ago
@aelarath me too but I do this opening so I can get into the icelandic gambit
shinyninetales999 1 year ago
I can propose a trap for when the pawn is not taken, but defended with knight.. It's stupid, but according to 365chess com, there have been several grandmasters that have played it! (blunders maybe?)
Here goes:
1. e4 d5
2. Nc3 d4
3. Nd5?? e5!
The kniggit has nowhere to run! >:D
And after some move of his, play 4...c6, and knight goodnight! BWHAHAHA!
Thymonico 2 years ago 2
this is simply blocked after e5 by Qh5, and if you still decide to play c6, Q X e5 check, then you can take the pawn on d4 and get excellent positional compensation.
svinch 2 years ago
I wouldn't say excellent... I tried it with Fritz 12, and you still win materially and the attack coming with knight, bishop and queen is somewhat easily defended... I say the trap still holds! :D
Thymonico 2 years ago
@Thymonico haha I'm gonna so try that in my scandinavian
aelarath 2 years ago
lol.
soccom8341576 1 year ago
wouldn't white gain back the tempo its lost once black moves the queen twice?? or does black still have the advantage with better positioning???
theunderman23 2 years ago
Black move queen to Qxd5. Then Kc3,then moving Qa5 not only keeping it active, but also gaining center control. But in a sense it does slow Black down, but not by much. (it depends on the the player)
Aleneden 2 years ago
cool ty
theunderman23 2 years ago
after 1. e4 d5 2. e5 you don't play e6 and shut down your white coloured bishop. Instead you play 2...c5! and later develop ur c8 bishop to f5 or g4
depressnyak666 2 years ago
Hah! That was what I just revisited this video to say! :D
c5 blocks out the e4 pawn. After that, I think Nc6 is best. Puts pressure on hanging (?) pawn and maybe one can push pawn (f6) so that white must capture.. Then you can easily devolop kniggit!
Thymonico 2 years ago
Good video, i will try the Scandinavian, the fact is i like to be white. You think its better to know more moves of your favorite colour?? pardon for my english, i speek spanish
jvasena 2 years ago
i speak berber
sadcommunity 2 years ago
Well personally I think it's best to know openings for both colors.
lewiszim 2 years ago
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silentscreams389 2 years ago
This defence rules!
The best is when you play against people who have never heard of the defence. They usually defend their e4 pawn with d3, which leads into me attacking trading the pawns on e4 and d5 (dxe4 dxe4). Which I conclude with a wonderful queen swap! Forcing the king to move, and thus unable to castle. Only inexperienced players would play it though.. ;)
Thymonico 2 years ago
seems like an attack to me.
thnx for posting.
Heredero6 2 years ago
Can you name please name GrandMasters who are expert with this opening? We don't see it often especially in World Champion games.
brilliantkenn 2 years ago
Vishy Anand used it against Kasparov to gain an excellent position, even though Kasparov won in the end... It was inevitable, he was infact Kasparov. Anand used it at least! ;P
Thymonico 2 years ago 2
yes anand used it in the 14th game but lost
sadcommunity 2 years ago
hi J. 5:31 move after bishop takes on e6 what is the best move or variation for white expect Q on b3? ty and thnx. for great vids. gl
KolonelGraff 2 years ago
do Qe7 and black is better i think becous if Qb7 then a discover check with Bd5 and the queen is gone so the best move is Be2 not n2e becous then you block the bishop so if he just ignores it and does somethin like Nf3 then a discover check Bc4 wins the queen so white must do Be2 ones he does that then you do Qb4 queen takes you and you take back with Bb4 and then you will have a good game :D
hamsturinn 2 years ago
cannabis queen at 4 50 :) very nice videos thank you
nilesnodouche 2 years ago
I have a question. Could you make a video outlining how to defend the D4 opening, because im not too sure on how it should be defended exactly?
52Illusions 2 years ago
More will definitely be coming 52 - check out my Dutch Defence vids to get started as a possibility. Thanks for checking out the one!
jrobichess 2 years ago
No problem. :)
52Illusions 2 years ago
Hi jrobichess you are a good chess player and I watched alot of your videos . I wonder if I can play with you? I know I will lose but I want to see how you play . In yahoo .
rockmanmegamanfan 2 years ago
I like to play the 1. e4 d5 2. ed: Nf6 line, although i mostly use philidor's defence.
I'm pretty hobby player though, Elo 1500-1700 and i heard, GM's prefer 2. .. Qd5: because 2.. Nf6 tends to end up easier in a tie game ( dunno where i read this).
well, that's why these GM's seem to like Sicilian and stuff, not that many ties...
...I hate to play against the sicilian defense!! I'm too lazy to learn all variances. I simply do 1. e4... 2. c3 or Sc3 and hope for the best :S.
Ragnarockable 2 years ago
The Patzer variation shown at 3:37 may be more freaquently played by those who use this opening, but I would consider this an error.
After 3.Nc3 - Qe5+ 4.Be2 ...
White gains time and development regardless of Black's reply.
Should Black move the Queen immediately, he has moved her 3x in the opening, and White can develop another piece for free.
Sould Black develop instead, white replies with 4.Nf3 attacking the Queen and preparing a Kingside Castle. White is much better.
Avoid this line.
aocvirek 2 years ago
Perhaps that's related to the term Patzer, for a player who doesn't know what he's doing.
davidklausa 2 years ago
After Kc3 there is another variation: Qd8.
And after e4, d5, exd5, Kf6, white also can play Bb5.
Sozialneutralist 2 years ago
I never liked this defense because white gains that initial tempo on the queen, and even if the queen is developed is not very safe to develop the queen so early in a match because that is exploited by white and black loses several tempos. Also when white plays bishop to d2 there is another tempo on the queen if black moves the knight on c3. I dont really think black wins tempo on white. Every time I have played agaisnt someone who used that defense I ended up winning without much problems.
Henrique676 2 years ago
I've always done well with white here too, but maybe our opponents just aren't playing it well, since Black should draw or win fairly often.
davidklausa 2 years ago
The defense may have some kind of compensation, but the tempo losing moves give black a passive position if the queen doesnt retreat right away. It may be good to surprise in high level of competition but even so... surprising an experienced high level player is a hard thing to do...
Henrique676 2 years ago
Thanks for the information!!
This will really help me in my games!!
SpeedstackingTim 2 years ago
well gtamateur sure does live up to his name doesnt he.......anand used the scandinavian to surprise his opponent even though he thought it was bad..?? what a strange comment....and yes by the way he did use this against kasparov and got a wonderful position but ended up blundering....anywho good vid j...
moonlightgarden12am 2 years ago
great vids! which software do you use for the edition of your videos.
evitigre 2 years ago
I guess I'll learn this opening as white.I don't rly like the lines it leads to well atleast not for now :)
lilondra 2 years ago
6:30 I didn't know that Bishops could change square colors =P
jk, love your videos keep 'em coming!
camieman10 2 years ago
I believe that the modern variation (the 4th)that you ve shown is the best...
sirpaul1821 2 years ago
this opening is very weak!!!!Never play it
gtamateur 2 years ago
You should tell some of the grandmasters that use it. =)
jrobichess 2 years ago 5
Yes the GMs who use it a lot were Miese and Tiviakov. Miese loose a lot of tme with that and Tiviakov draw it a lot of time
gtamateur 2 years ago
It's been used by a lot of GM's since those days, including Anand the current world chess champion, Bronstein, Larson, etc.
jrobichess 2 years ago
Anand dont have use this opening in world championship and when he use it perhaps is to suprise his opponent and not because it is a good opening
gtamateur 2 years ago
@jrobichess Hey, I like your videos. But I have to agree with gtamateur. You don't typically see this opening at the highest levels anymore. You have the element of surprise (players aren't as likely to expect it), but I wouldn't use it against a really good positional player. But as you show in your videos, you can find advantages in almost any opening.
jhop9898 1 year ago
I like this opening it has yielded me good results
turbohorse1976 1 year ago
lol not true that opening let me beat my first 1700 on chessdotcom
kooler2004 2 years ago
did you see the % of games win by black with his opening it is around 25% white win around 40%
gtamateur 2 years ago
Not true, gtamateur. It is respectable enough when played properly.
Fukkensaved 2 years ago
first at all jrobi show the scan. def primitive version of the years 1900. The modern version who can be use by gm is after e4xd5 u do Ng8-f6 to take back with the king's knight
gtamateur 2 years ago
gambits just are'nt for me.
rolfch1p 2 years ago 2
Doesn't the pawn moving twice even out with the queen having to move twice?
ArmSor 2 years ago
lol, you got a magic bishop at 6:27!
WTFalreadytakenSHIT 2 years ago 6
lol i didnt notice that at first
sillypiggy2 2 years ago
i suck at the sicillian lol i use alekhines but im a novice player so i dont know alot of opening and defences
dragonforceisnumber1 2 years ago
dragonforce, go through alekine middle period, then lasker line by line, middle lines, then compare background and foreground, you will gain skill in time
Overlapse1000 2 years ago
I don't understand. By advancing the black queen pawn, not only do you expose the black king to any diagonal attack, but you also lock in the black king bishop so castling would be impossible.
RK831 2 years ago
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etts1 2 years ago
The Scandinavian Defense is one of those openings I (and many others) will never dream of doing. Sure in theory developing your Queen right to the center sounds nice, but in practice you allow White to gain 2 tempi with no positional benefit for yourself.
As Black, I prefer the Sicilian against 1 e4, or Dutch Defense against 1 d4.
Great video nonetheless, I love analyzing/learning various openings.
lpjuunin 2 years ago
however, I like with a variation you play Qd6. That way I think it actually builds your center. Try Marshall or Icelandic gambit, which he shows in this video.
Though Sicilian and Dutch are strong defenses.
DrummerChess 2 years ago
Ipjuunin,
The Scandinavian has been used by many Grand Master players, so we can;t dismiss the opening as a bust. I do agree that the extra tempi white gets is a turn off but the opening allows black a lot more flexibility than other openings. It also requires less theory as opposed to the Sicilian, so its good for those without a lot of time, although i do see your point.
Nice video, keep em coming.
savis99 2 years ago
Scandinavian is one of my favorite attacks against e4. I play Marshall Gambit all of the time. I prefer c6 due to the fact that I use my knights in the beginning more than I use my bishops. Personally, with this, I think a Bg7 fianchetto would be a considerably good move.
Just posting this as a suggestion and maybe someone could tell me if the fianchetto is a bad move. Maybe I overlooked something.
DrummerChess 2 years ago
at 0.01, the white queen was on the wrong square!
Alekxii 2 years ago 14
ahahaha! Nice eye.
DrummerChess 2 years ago 2
Correct, Alekxii. Queen on her color. Who the hell set up that board in the picture? Certainly not a chess player, but a mere photographer.
RK831 2 years ago
drummerchess, fianchetto, opens partial gambits andcomplexs at 17 and 24, if you strain at 30 and 32 try, make sure you have some good ibuprofen, you'll be over(around 50 moves, not good for tournement, a blitz strarting at 4-dash at 7 and 9 and and a good center formula for 11, 14, 17-21, avoid the hard 24, as it makes 27 difficult, fianchetto with knights is hazardous, as they move around a bit and you usually miss something, 42-45, or 49 or more don't play alekhine with scandanavian d,
Overlapse1000 2 years ago
@Alekxii nice eye
monkeymax123 1 year ago
@Alekxii
L O L !
TheL4stMerch 1 year ago
White moves pawn twice, but black will have to move the Queen three times. Once to capture the pawn, once to escape the knight, and again to escape the bishop. It appears that white will have the tempo back with interest in a few moves. As a rule of thumb, you should avoid developing the Queen too early. That's why I don't care for this opening. Thanks for the vid though. I'm a big fan.
blackbtty123 2 years ago 3
I use a very Finnish defence with often bad results
eightwillwontcannot 2 years ago
Great vid, appreciate if you could show a bit more of the karpov match.
incredible753 2 years ago
by using GM games to illustrate we get to really see what is going on and the way that you explain these opening adds credibility to your subscriptions good job!!
abclucabcluc 2 years ago 3
If 1.e4 d5 2.e5, 2...e6? is a big mistake. Much better is Bf5, since after 1.e4 d5 2.e5 Bf5 3.d4 e6, Black achieves a French set-up, but doesn't the light Bishop is outside the Pawn chain.
NipissingLakers 2 years ago
I hate this defence. I never win a game with this defence.
what2search 2 years ago
The reason why the Queen can't take on
G2 at 3:43 is not because it is on a dark square, it's because it doesn't move that way. It could be on a dark square and still take on G2 from a different square.
whateverum 2 years ago
hi ...great vids ... but it is frustrating when you 'just flip through the next few moves' ... if you slowed down a teeny weeny bit we could slow the vid down and get a lot more info out of it = D
haveyouseenthesun 2 years ago 2
Hey Jrobi! Just wondering what chess program you are using to make these vids and on Rybka, how do you draw those arrows and highlight squares?
jamesjddong 2 years ago
It's some version of Fritz or Chessbase
Tresorthas 2 years ago
Check out my personal site for recommended software. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 2 years ago
I believe you press Alt or CTL and drag to draw the arrows in the program
peterwilkins19 2 years ago
But who won? Larsen or Karpov?
Matenne2 2 years ago
good explanation.
personally don't like this defense.
Analgin51 2 years ago
i agree.
israelwasaness 2 years ago