Fast and Furious: Scandinavian 3...Qd6

Happy New Year!

To start the year well let's have a look a game of World's best player Magnus Carlsen who last week won both the World Rapid & Blitz. Particularly I quite enjoyed his game vs Azamat Utegaliyev (2502) in the 1st round of the Rapid, as with very natural developing moves the Mozart of Chess makes chess look so simple. Besides that, we will also have a look at an even sharper approach for White which was recommended by GM Krisztian Szabo in CBM 193! It seems that Black is having a very hard time in the Scandinavian with 3...Qd6 at the moment!

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Strike first with the Scandinavian

The Scandinavian is a rarely employed opening on the hightest level und guides your opponent on much less familiar terrain than for example the Sicilian, French or any 1.e4 e5 system. After 1.e4 d5 Black fights for the initiative from move one.

Warming-up exercise: Do you see White's best move?

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This week's show

No need to fear the Qd6 Scandinavian

In this "Learn in 60 Minutes" video GM Dejan Bojkov from Bulgaria offers a complete repertoire for White after the moves: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 when all the main moves are covered: 5...Bg4; 5...g6; 5...a6 and Tiviakov's speciality 5...c6.

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