Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Kiel Variation
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1.e4d52.exd5Nf63.d4Nxd54.c4Nb4
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Scandinavian Defense: Kiel Variation247k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%120k60%
26%65k37%
11%27k33%
5.9%15k51%
4.1%10k42%
1.5%3.7k53%
1.3%3.1k52%
0.4%1.1k50%
0.4%87438%
0.1%28039%
Famous games in this line19 master games
Kozlov, Stanislav (2336) – Popov, Valerij (2570)Jonkman, Harmen (2410) – Hoogendoorn, Joost (2391)Pelikian, Jefferson (2385) – Silveira, Flavio Marques (2385)Abreu Delgado, Aryam (2442) – Cruz Ravina, Francisco Javier (2303)Mrva, Martin (2415) – Krajnak, Martin (2290)Pritchett, Craig William (2340) – Tan, Lian Ann (2340)Guedes Jr., Dorgival Olavo (2348) – Hausdorf, Heinz (2287)Zigo, Viktor (2340) – Belaska, Premysl (2290)Heroes of this opening Kozlov, Stanislav · Hoogendoorn, Joost · Pelikian, Jefferson · Abreu Delgado, Aryam
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb4
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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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