Chess Openings – Scandinavian Defense
The Scandinavian Defense is one of the oldest openings recorded in the history of the chess game. In this video at www.thechesswebsite.com, Kevin shows us the different variations possible when applying this defense.
White opens with d4 to which black immediately responds with e5.This interesting move gives white an option to capture e5, which means black is willing to sacrifice e5. Assuming black moves Knight to f6 – a very strong move, which determines an attack on d4. We can also clearly notice here that queen in d1 is also watching d4. This move by black is to make white think about changing the position of d4 or even prompt the white opponent to push c2 to c4.
Keeping the present positions of the pieces in view, black may move c6 to prompt a recapture. If white falls in trap to this plan and captures c6 (d5xc6), it gives black an advantage to capture white with nc6. So the final position for black on the board is nf6 and nc6. This gives a very strong defense position with two knights guarding the pieces up front for black.
This is one of the options Kevin explains moving to other probabilities of the opponent’s moves to which he gives the right solution to get black on the top eventually by using the Scandinavian Defense.
