Semi-Open · a defense for Black

Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke Gambit

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1.e4d52.exd5e53.dxe6Bxe6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke Gambit1.6M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%694k53%
26%421k50%
18%291k54%
2.7%43k48%
1.9%31k50%
1.8%29k51%
1.2%20k42%
0.9%14k48%
0.7%11k43%
0.6%9.5k47%
Family
Scandinavian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B01
Line
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 e5 3. dxe6 Bxe6
Gambit
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Nearby lines in the family
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line2…Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer2…Nf6 3.c4 c6Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit2…c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6
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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