Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit
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1.e4d52.exd5Nf63.c4e6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit2.3M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
81%1.8M45%
10%232k48%
5.2%117k54%
1.3%29k37%
0.9%20k49%
0.3%7.5k48%
0.3%5.7k38%
0.2%4.8k48%
0.2%3.4k38%
0.1%2.6k39%
Famous games in this line411 master games
Onischuk, Alexander (2657) – Minasian, Artashes (2600)Sokolov, Andrei (2595) – Speelman, Jonathan S (2625)Wolff, Patrick G (2580) – Dzindzichashvili, Roman (2550)Rakhmanov, Ale (2634) – Csonka, B. (2456)Kharlov, Andrei (2613) – Maslak, Konstantin (2473)Degraeve, Jean Marc (2589) – Ekstroem, Roland (2492)Onischuk, Alexander (2580) – Thorhallsson, Throstur (2500)Oll, Lembit (2585) – Stefansson, Hannes (2495)Heroes of this opening Speelman, Jonathan S · Wolff, Patrick G · Csonka, B. · Maslak, Konstantin
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6
Gambit
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'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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