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Scandinavian Defence Ebook

Welcome to my Scandinavian Defence ebook page. I have released a Scandinavian Defence ebook. If you're wondering what the Scandinavian Defence is, it's an opening that arises after 1.e4 d5. It is a solid response to 1.e4. In this ebook, I recommend the traditional main line which runs 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5, rather than the fashionable 3...Qd6.

The Scandinavian Defence (or Centre Counter Defence) is one of the oldest recorded openings, first recorded as being played between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles in Valencia in 1475 (a fictional game), and being mentioned by Lucena in 1497. It is one of the oldest asymmetric defenses to 1.e4, along with the French Defence.

Analysis by Scandinavian masters including Collijn showed it is playable for Black. Although the Centre Counter Defence has never enjoyed widespread popularity among top-flight chess players, Jacques Mieses frequently played it and greatly developed its theory around the turn of the 20th century. Bent Larsen played it from time to time and defeated World Champion Anatoly Karpov with it at Montreal 1979, spurring a rise in popularity. Starting in the 1960s, David Bronstein and Nona Gaprindashvili would play it occasionally, and Ian Rogers has adopted it frequently starting in the 1980s. In 1995, the Centre Counter Defence made a rare appearance in a World Chess Championship match. Viswanathan Anand as Black obtained an excellent position using the opening against Garry Kasparov, although Kasparov won the game.

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Posted by Webmaster on Saturday, June 20, 2009.