Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit
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1.e4d52.exd5Qxd53.Nc3Qa54.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit811k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
71%575k45%
12%97k49%
11%92k45%
2.4%20k3%
1.8%14k3%
0.6%4.5k4%
0.3%2.1k45%
0.2%1.6k3%
0.1%8784%
0.1%8527%
Famous games in this line34 master games
Nakamura, Hikaru (2736) – Firouzja, Alireza (2728)Nakamura, Hikaru (2651) – Har Zvi, Ronen (2515)Ali Marandi, C. (2524) – Hungaski, R. (2537)Pancevski, Filip (2402) – Stojanovski, Dejan (2437)Hansson, Dan (2230) – Hjartarson, Johann (2605)Runic, Zoran (2462) – Saric, Sinisa (2366)Lendwai, Reinhard (2385) – Sommerbauer, Norbert (2385)Buecker, Stefan (2335) – Michaelsen, Nils (2435)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hikaru · Ali Marandi, C. · Hansson, Dan · Saric, Sinisa
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4
Gambit
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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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