Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld Variation
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1.e4d52.exd5Qxd53.Nc3Qa54.d4Nf65.Nf3Bf56.Ne5c67.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld Variation8.4k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%4.9k36%
28%2.3k44%
9.7%81456%
2.8%23336%
0.6%5035%
0.2%186%
0.1%922%
0%425%
0%40%
0%30%
Famous games in this line78 master games
Durarbayli, V. (2609) – Kovalenko, I. (2647)Macieja, Bartlomiej (2583) – Papaioannou, Ioannis (2619)Vasiukov, Evgeni (2580) – Kholmov, Ratmir D (2550)Zhang Pengxiang (2574) – Yu Ruiyuan (2553)Mchedlishvili, M. (2574) – Sadorra, J. (2542)Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (2589) – Savic, Miodrag R (2521)Suleymanli, Aydin (2607) – Gadimbayli, Abdulla (2489)Macieja, Bartlomiej (2629) – Tomczak, Jacek (2457)Heroes of this opening Macieja, Bartlomiej · Durarbayli, V. · Kholmov, Ratmir D · Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4
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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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