B01 · 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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The oldest recorded game of modern chess — Valencia, 1475, 'Scachs d'amor' — opened 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, and rely on a rock-solid structure. Larsen even used it to beat Karpov.
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