Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Elbow Variation
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1.e4d52.exd5Nf63.d4Bg44.Bb5+c6
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Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Elbow Variation10k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
92%9.5k61%
6.3%65552%
2%21048%
0.1%1035%
0.1%633%
0%30%
0%250%
0%10%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line15 master games
Fressinet, Laurent (2675) – Sanchez, Joseph (2471)Gavrilov, Alexei (2445) – Vlassov, Nikolai (2395)Lorenzo de la Riva, Lazaro (2367) – Di Berardino, Diego Rafael (2471)Cernousek, L. (2434) – Mroziak, M. (2378)Rombaldoni, Ax (2518) – Mevel, A. (2236)Seul, G. (2405) – Schmitz, Th (2314)Zwirs, Nico (2485) – Van Arkel, R. (2187)Bertona, Fernando (2425) – Oddone, Cristhian (2235)Heroes of this opening Fressinet, Laurent · Vlassov, Nikolai · Lorenzo de la Riva, Lazaro · Cernousek, L.
- Family
- Scandinavian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B01
- Line
- 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ c6
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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