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The Sharp Scandinavian with 3...Qd6

„Easy to learn and easy to play.“ These are the twin pillars on which the Modern Scandinavian has been built and which club players have trusted and profited from over the past few decades. Which line should Black adopt after 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3? Here we focus on the sharp 3...Qd6 as opposed to 3...Qa5 or 3... Qd8. All the main responses aside from 3 Nc3 are shown in exemplary games and the result is an insightful overview for club players which will stand the test of time and not require too much burning of the midnight oil. Instead of learning every move by heart, the author focus on showing model games which will explain the plans and ideas the Scandinavian with 3...Qd6 has to offer. 

The Scandinavian is a practical opening. You can use this to your advantage. Two helpful tools will help you get this exciting opening into your opening practice. You can practice the variations with the ChessBase Opening Trainer. Drilling the opening moves, guessing how a position arose or just replay the moves in your desired speed further reveal the ideas this opening has to offer. Playing out positions against Fritz will further enable you understand the ideas the author presented in his videos.

  • Video running time: 5 hours
  • Interactive training including video feedback
  • Extra: Training with Ches sBase apps - Memorize the opening repertoire and play key positions against Fritz on various levels
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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.
  • New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Scandinavian motifs
  • Castling queenside
  • The black queen gets harassed
  • White has freedom to develop
  • Main lines
  • Main lines after 3...Qd6
  • 6.g3/Bc4
  • 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6
  • 6.g3 Bg4
  • 7.h3
  • 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.d5
  • 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.0-0
  • 7.Bg2 c6
  • 6.Bc4 b5
  • 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bf4
  • 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.0-0 e6 9.Re1 c5 10.a4 c4 11.Ba2 Qc6 12.Re5
  • 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.0-0 e6 9.Re1 c5 10.a4 c4 11.Ba2 Qc6 12.Bg5
  • 6th move alternatives
  • 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6
  • 6.Be2 b5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.Bh4
  • 6.Ne5
  • 6.h3
  • 5.Nge2 b6 6.Nf4
  • 6.Bg5
  • 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 c5 8.Be3 e6
  • 6.Be3 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7
  • 5.Bc4 delaying Nf3
  • 6.a4
  • 6.Bb3
  • 4th move alternatives
  • 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
  • 4.g3
  • 4...Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.h3
  • 4...Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3
  • 4...Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4
  • 4.Be2
  • 4...Nf6 5.Nf3
  • 4.h3
  • 4...Nf6 5.Nf3
  • 2nd move alternatives
  • 1.e4 d5
  • 2.Nf3
  • 2...dxe4 3.Ng5
  • 2.d4
  • 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 c6 4.f3 Nf6 5.Bc4 b5
  • 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 Nf6 5.fxe4 e5
  • 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
  • 2.e5
  • 2...c5
  • 2.Nc3
  • 2...dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Qf3 e6
  • 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6
  • 3rd move alternatives
  • 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5
  • 3.d4
  • 3...e5 4.dxe5
  • 3...e5 4.Nc3
  • 3...e5 4.Nf3
  • 3.Nf3
  • 3...Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0-0 6.c4 Qf5 7.Be3 Bxf3 8.gxf3
  • 3...Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0-0 6.c3
  • 3...Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0-0 6.c4 Qf5 7.Be3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
  • 3...Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0-0 6.c4 Qf5 7.0-0
  • Outroduction
  • Outro
  • Exercises
  • Introduction
  • Description
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8
  • Exercise 9
  • Exercise 10
  • Exercise 11
  • Exercise 12
  • Exercise 13
  • Exercise 14
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Caro-Kann Defence

The Caro-Kann Defence is named after the English chess master Horatio Caro (1862–1920) who lived in Berlin and the Austrian player Marcus Kann (1820–1886). However, the move 1...c6 was not particularly popular until the 1920s, when both Jose Raul Capablanca and Aaron Nimzowitsch took up the opening. When, in 1960/61, Botvinnik was looking for a reliable defence for his WCh matches against the feared sacrificial attacks of Mihail Tal, he chose the Caro-Kann. Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov were two other world champions who adopted 1...c6 in their repertoires.

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