Hi RJ.
You should have said it was an Andrew Martin vid. These things are always good.
I have the book on this opening by Andrew MArtin he calls the book.
The Centre Counter
If these Scandinavian Scandinavians want an opening named after themselves
they will have to look elsewhere on the Chessboard. 1.e4 d5 has been taken.
And whose is claiming this opening for the Scandinavians?
It was played 100 of years before Scandinavia became Scandinavia.
It's some publishing trick to con money out the poor Scandinavians.
If this lot want an opening named after their country, place, island or whatever
Scandinavia is (where is Scandinavia?) then they will have to rename the place
Centre Counter Land.
Martin is looking at Black playing 5..Bf5 before...e6.
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 {If you want to avoid the Patzer Variation as Martin calls it. Then play 3.d4 here.} 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. O-O Bf5 7. d4 e6 8. Re1 Nf6 {As rec'd by Martin (and played by Fat Lsdy in this position - see below.)} 9. d5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 {Andrew states Black is OK here...and I suppose he is but I think he could have mentioned the trick here...} 11. Qxd5 {11....Nc6 is the move here. If....} 11... exd5 12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. Re8# {Very basic, but these things do get missed at lower levels (see next game.) I like to see them pointed out, you never know who is watching.}
RHP 2010
1. e4 e5 2. a3 {White fancies the idea of playing the Black side of an 1.e4-e5 opening without having to see a Ruy Lopez.} 2... d5 {Black reacts violently.} 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 {But not too violently - lost count now. Who has won or lost a tempo.} 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bc5 7. Ne4 Bb6 8. Nxe5 Bf5 9. Ng3 Qd4 {Doosh! Hello f2, hello Knight on e5.} 10. O-O Qxe5 11. Re1 {Careful now, Just drop that Bishop back to e6. It works. White does not have Bb5+ winning the Queen. 11.Bb5+ Qxb5!} 11... Qc5 {The lure of the f2 pawn, it worked once.....} 12. Bb5+ {That's a double check....and...} 12... Kd8 13. Re8 {That's a checkmate.}
RHP 2009
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. O-O Bf5 7. d4 e6 8. Re1 Nf6 {The Andrew Martin rec, played possibly before he rec'd it. What date was that vid?} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bf3 h5 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Ng4 14. Qe2 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 {So whe have one of these. The exchanges and swaps were not hard to work out so both players must have been happy to reach here. Black has split pawns but a King side majority. But more importantly, it is Black's move.} 19... O-O-O {Black has the better Rooks, he owns the only open file and will settle a Rook on the 7th.} 20. Rc5 Kb7 21. Rc3 Rd2 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Ke1 R8d5 24. Rc1 R2d4 {We are now treated to a might double Rook ending where Fat Lady seems to hold a pull all the way through. , I am not going to say any more about it. And if you check chess litrature you will find very people say anything about it either. Double Rooks endings are ignored in most endgame books.} 25. Rg3 g5 26. c4 Rf5 27. Rc2 a5 28. Rb3+ Kc7 29. f3 Rff4 30. Ra3 Kb6 31. c5+ Kb5 32. Rcc3 Rc4 33. Rcb3+ Rb4 34. g3 Rxb3 35. Rxb3+ Rb4 {I'm back just as Fat Lady is taking the Rooks off and producing a pure K&P ending..} 36. Rxb4+ Kxb4 37. Kd2 Kxc5 {Black's a pawn up. Just a wee bit of tech to see this one out.} 38. Kc3 f5 39. h3 e5 40. a4 e4 {I told you the Kingside majority was a Black plus. White resigned.}
What is your favorite approach to the scandinavian as white?
09 Dec '12 14:13
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