Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack
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1.e4d52.exd5Qxd53.Nc3Qa54.d4e5
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Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack180k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%95k53%
12%22k51%
10%18k50%
4.9%8.8k54%
2.2%3.9k53%
1.4%2.5k50%
0.5%84751%
0.4%67658%
0.3%56551%
Famous games in this line57 master games
Gao Rui (2543) – Fang, Yan (2447)Ljubicic, Filip (2480) – Popovic, Milos T (2419)Almasi, Zoltan (2610) – Laszlo, Janos (2280)Djurhuus, Rune (2505) – Lendwai, Reinhard (2370)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2480) – Angelov, Kosta (2380)Izsak, Gyula (2445) – Fancsy, Imre (2365)Rogic, Davor (2580) – Rosic, Slavko S (2211)Okrugin, Sergey (2373) – Gavritenkov, Sergei (2415)Heroes of this opening Gao Rui · Almasi, Zoltan · Djurhuus, Rune · Ivanchuk, Vassily
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5
Aggressive
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Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System5.Nf3 · 1 deeper lineScandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation5.Nf3 Bg4Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack5.dxe5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2
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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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