Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit
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1.e4d52.exd5c6
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Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit4.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%3.2M49%
14%671k48%
5.9%281k50%
1.7%80k53%
1.1%52k50%
0.2%7.5k45%
0.2%7.4k45%
0.1%6.0k48%
0.1%5.8k44%
Famous games in this line32 master games
Kacharava, Nikolozi (2531) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2635)Nikitenko, M. (2522) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2632)Adams, Mi (2661) – Pert, R. (2413)Nigmatov, Ortik (2439) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2614)Petrov, Martin (2548) – Pert, R. (2399)Lupulescu, Constantin (2598) – Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw (2300)Gaponenko, I. (2336) – Al Modiahki, M. (2542)Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (2422) – Philippe, C.. (2386)Heroes of this opening Kacharava, Nikolozi · Nikitenko, M. · Nigmatov, Ortik · Petrov, Martin
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6
Gambit
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Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit3.dxc6 Nxc6Scandinavian Defense: Kloosterboer Gambit3.dxc6 e5
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From the archives
'Scachs d'amor', a Valencian poem of about 1475, carries the earliest known game played by modern rules, and it opens 1.e4 d5. Five centuries later the Scandinavian is still the most direct answer to 1.e4: force matters immediately, accept the early queen move, rely on a solid structure. Larsen beat the reigning world champion Karpov with it at Montreal 1979.
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