Chess openings / Scandinavian Defense Scandinavian Defense The Scandinavian Defense starts 1. e4 d5. The opening book names 41 variations of it, under ECO B01.
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All 41 Scandinavian Defense variations B01 Anderssen Counterattack1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 B01 Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 B01 Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 B01 Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 B01 Blackburne Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 B01 Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 B01 Boehnke Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 e5 3. dxe6 Bxe6 B01 Bronstein Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 B01 Classical Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 B01 Grünfeld Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4 B01 Gubinsky-Melts Defense1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 B01 Icelandic-Palme Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 B01 Kiel Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb4 B01 Kloosterboer Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 e5 B01 Kádas Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxc6 e5 B01 Lasker Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 B01 Main Line1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 B01 Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 B01 Main Line, Mieses Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 B01 Marshall Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 B01 Mieses-Kotroc Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 B01 Modern Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 (also reached by 1 other move order) B01 Modern Variation, Gipslis Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 B01 Modern Variation, Wing Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. c4 b5 B01 Panov Transfer1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 B01 Portuguese Gambit1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Banker Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Classical Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Correspondence Refutation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Elbow Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ c6 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Jadoul Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Lusophobe Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Be2 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Melbourne Shuffle Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 B01 Portuguese Gambit, Wuss Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 B01 Richter Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 (also reached by 1 other move order) B01 Schiller-Pytel Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 B01 Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4 B01 Valencian Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 B01 Valencian Variation, Ilundain Variation1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 B01 Valencian Variation, Main Line1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 B01 Zilbermints Gambit1. e4 d5 2. b4 Check your own games for free →
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