Originally posted by buddy2I play the Dragon - so I do have to worry about part 1.
Do not predicate your opening repertoire based on the expertise or non-expertise of your opponents. Play the best move, that's my policy. If you want to develop as a chess player and you play a suspicious variation, what's going to happen when you find yourself opposite people of your equal or above rating? You're going to look silly playing that opening. ...[text shortened]... nd checkmated your opponent in three moves? I hope you're not still playing that line.
This is only against sub 1200's, so I still face the closed Sicilian. Not to mention that I play the Grand Prix as white against it...Although you still have a strong case for why I shouldn't do this.
I still haven't chosen between this or the Alekhine, and I still haven't played either. But the Dragon is amazing 😀.
I seem to have excellent but fragile positions when I play the Qd6 variation. Black has to play hard or get off the chess board, so to speak.
I don't see myself switching to something else for a long time however. The only other move I tend to enjoy is deferring the capture of the pawn and instead playing Nf6.
Most theory and my personal experience have shown that you usually have to play a6 or c6 to protect the queen. This may seem restrictive but a6 is often a useful move for black if executed properly regardless.
Someone mentioned "1. e4 d5 2. e5 ". As white, I actually play this variation myself. However, black still has many challenging moves for white such as a6 followed by c5 or simply c5 immediately, as another user suggested.
Kudos to all those who can stomach the scandy!
- drunkenmorphy
Originally posted by cmsMasterCan't be that bad, since one of the greatest chess geniuses that ever lived (hint: Trotzky's nephew) once played it against me in a tournament game. I've faced it a few times both OTB and here. It mostly seems to lead to a (possibly slightly inferior) Caro-Kann sort of position; hardly terrifying for white but I suppose reasonably playable for black.
This is an interesting option for black in the Qxd5 Scandi. Here are the opening moves...
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
The Scandinavian is becoming slowly more accepted (Although I still have some major doubts about it...) and it seems to be a strong weapon for low level players that wish to avoid theory. The 3...Qd6 move was first brought to my a ...[text shortened]... s simply refuse to play the Open Sicilian... So, any thoughts on it, or any games with it?
Originally posted by cmsMasterAnd Mencia is also a close minded hate spewing bigoted a&**le .
As any reasonably intelligent person would say about Carlos Mencia, "You aren't funny, you're stand-up sucks, and you're dumber than more than half of the people you make fun of. Now go away."
My favorite line of play is this 1. e4 d5 2. ed nf6
then if 3. c4 e6 (Icelandic Gambit)
or if 3. d4 bg4 (Portuguese attack)
Originally posted by zin23I play those lines as well. There are at least two repertoire books that I know of that recommend the Porgugese and Icelandic varations:
And Mencia is also a close minded hate spewing bigoted a&**le .
My favorite line of play is this 1. e4 d5 2. ed nf6
then if 3. c4 e6 (Icelandic Gambit)
or if 3. d4 bg4 (Portuguese attack)
Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black by Eric Schiller
Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (2nd edition) by GM Raymond Keene and IM David Levy.
I personally think that the Schiller book does a more complete job of discussing the variations.
Does Ne2 force the queen to a5?
I was trying out the Qd6 Scandinavian, and played a game like this : 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Ne2; I was expecting Nc6 and the retreat to d6. I didn't see why the knight had developed to e2 until a few moves from now. 3 . . Nf6 4. Nbc3 Qd6 5. d4 a6 6. Bf4 . . .
I know I probably didn't make the best moves for black (White wasn't a master either). White found an easy way to develop the dark square bishop, which is often a problem in Qd6 scandinavians. Now I had to jump around. 6 . . Qb6 7 Na4 Qb4+? Here I think Qa5 was better than Qb4.
With the preface that I am an amateur who got mucked up in the opening, and there are no doubt blunders in the rest of the game, it continued 8.c3 Qa5 9.b4 Qf5 10.Bxc7 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Qg6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.Nb2 Bb7 15.f3 Rc8 16.Ba5 Rxc3 17.Ne4 Qe3+ 18.Qe2 Qxe2+ 19.Kxe2 Nxe4 20.fxe4
Here my opponent resigned for some reason. I think he was getting impatient; time controls were only 10/20, but I had taken awhile thinking on the last few moves. I think black was finally okay after all those queen moves, but only because my opponent left me off the hook.
So my question is, when Ne2 is played before chasing the queen a way, should the queen go to a5 once chased? Does this force a transposition to mainline scandinavian, or was there something better for black? Is Ne2 played in the Qa5 scandinavian?
Originally posted by tomtom232Here is the so-called "Mieses Gambit": 1 e4 d5 2 ed Qd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 b4!?
I was under the impression that the wing gambit came out of the sicilian not the scandinavian.
Dr. Tarrasch thought it was an interesting try for White. In his book Gambiteer I, GM Nigel Davies recommends this gambit, but not until move 5. He recommends 4 Nf3 first, then if 4...Bg4 5 b4 Qb4 6 Rb1 Q-moves 7 Rxb7.