Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense
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1.e4d52.exd5Qxd53.Nc3Qd6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense4.0M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%1.7M49%
36%1.4M51%
9.9%398k49%
3.3%131k47%
1.9%77k51%
1.2%50k48%
1.2%48k57%
1.1%44k48%
0.7%30k46%
0.7%29k49%
Famous games in this line5.7k master games
Caruana, F. (2808) – Carlsen, M. (2857)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2780) – Carlsen, M. (2872)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773) – Carlsen, M. (2870)Anand, V. (2757) – Carlsen, M. (2870)Caruana, F. (2819) – Nakamura, Hi (2754)Carlsen, Magnus (2801) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2772)Carlsen, M.. (2862) – Dubov, Daniil (2710)Andreikin, D. (2722) – Caruana, F. (2844)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Caruana, F. · Andreikin, D.
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6
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Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation4.d4 c6Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein Variation4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern Variation4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nge2 Bf5 …
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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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