Repertoire Scandinavian.

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6

basic position

1. 8.Qe2
2. 8.Nd5
3. 8.0-0 Bb4
4. 6.Ne5
5. 6.Βd3
6. 8.Νε5 9.Qe2 10.0-0-0
7. 7.0-0
8. 2.e5 c5 (french-type, advance)
9. 2.d4
10. g3
11. Bc4+d3 ...c5+Nc6+b6+Bb7
12. gambit 4.b4 Qxb4 5.Rb1 Qa5 6.Rb5 Qa6
13. 3.Nf3(+8.b4)
14. 3.Nf3(+d4)

the attacking plans for white are

1. d4-d5
2. f2-f4-f5
3. sacrifice on e6, usually with the Bishop

for black all the counter-play comes from ‘d’ file, sometimes he has the c6-c5 breakthrough.
✔ Nc3 prevents c4 so a knight move is good
✔ white’s and black’s main set up is easy to achieve
✔ to prevent d5 is crucial when black king is uncastled.
✔ d4 leaves Nc3 pinned
✔ the only question of black’s set up is where to put the black-squared bishop (normally e7 or b4, d6 sometimes is risky, except when white plays
Bf4 to harass Qc7
✔ if 8.Qe2 then ...Bb4 is good, albeit the weaknesses at the black squares.

8.Qe2 permits 8...Bb4

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Qe2 Bb4
• 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 (or 12. Ne5, or 12.b4) O-O

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short castling
caro-cann structure, Bishop out of the chain (so breakthroughs are not necessary.
white has space so black exchanges pieces.
Possible white plans: Ne5 NxN dxN and Bb4-d6
or c4+b4, or king-side pawn advance.
Black pressures on ‘d’ file and d4 pawn. Limited ambitions (draw)
possible breakthroughs: white f2-f4-f5 and c2-c4+d5, or b2-b4+c2-c4+b5
: black ...e5, or ...c5, but are not desirable as white has the 2 bishops

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4
 • 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd514. Bd2 O-O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 h5 17. h3 Qb6 18. Rhf1 hxg4 19. hxg
4 Qc5 20. Bb3 Rh3 21. Rf3 Rdh8 22. Rdf1 Rh2 23. Qe1 R8h3 24. f5 Rxf3 25. Rxf3

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long castling
‘h’ file +Qb6-c5 or d4

illustrative game: Zlatic (2450) vs. Savic (2514)

8.Nd5 (the critical variation, long castling)

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6 gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O
O-O-O14. g3 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. h4 f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5

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illustrative game: Saric (2463) vs. Savic (2533)

11.Nh5 Bg6 12.Qf3 Qc7

crucial ...f4, exploiting the battery B+Q, weakening the pawns at the kingside.
Theater: kingside, but sometimes ...c5 and queen-side activity

6.Ne5 with 8.g4 so Black castles at the queen-side

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 ( or 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.g5 Nh5)
Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Bd5 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 e5 (or 14...Qb6) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf5 Kc7 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3
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the advanced king-side pawns make it logical for long castling

or 7.g4 Be6 8. Bc4 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. g5 Qxd4

or 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Be5

8.Νe5 9.Qe2 10.0-0-0

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 O-O-O 12. g4 Bg6

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7.0-0 (early 0-0)

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7….Nbd7 8.Re1 Bb4 9.Bd2 0-0 10. a3 Bxc3 11.BxB Qc7

Black: Bb4+Nbd7+Qc7+0-0 and pressure on d5 with Rd8+c5

white: Ne5, or Qe2, or Bd3

8. 2.e5 (Sicilian - Alapin)

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3.

➢ c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 (or Nge7)9. Bxc6 Qxc6

french-type pawn structure

breakthroughs: white f2-f4-f5, black ...f6, ...g5+Nxe5

typical maneuvering : ...Ng-e7-f5+...h5 (-h4)

➢ 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bg5 Qc7

➢ 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 Nh6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2

➢

9. 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe 3.Nf3 Nf6

• 4. f3 exf 5. Nxf

• 4. Bg5 Bf5 5.f3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 exf 7. Nxf e6

10. 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe 3.Ng5 Nf6 4.d3 (or 4...Bg4 ) exd 5.Bxd3 Nc6 (mandatory, otherwise Nxf7 and Bg6+)

11.Bc4+d3 ...c5+Nc6+b6+Bb7

d3 allows ...c5 instead of c6, and so Nc6 instead of Nde7, and an early e6 as B will be employed at b7 (very good in comparison to variations with Bf5-g6).
The queen retreats to d8 because at c7 will be attacked by Nb5. If ...a6 the reply a4 prevents b5 but weakens the square b4 (although the knight can go to
d4 instead). The open character of the position calls for the retain of the 2 bishops.

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c5

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6. Nf3 Nc6

typical maneuvering ...b6+Bb7+e6+Be7+0-0+Nd4+Qd8

15. gambit Mieses 4.b4 Qxb4 5.Rb1 Qa5 6.Rb5 Qa6

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qa5

and
➢ 6. Rb5 Qa6 7. Rb3 Qa5 8. d4 c6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nf3 b5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O e6
➢ 6.Bc4 c6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.0-0 g6

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O O-O-O 8. b4

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8...f6 9.b5 Na5 10.d3 e5

Pucovski (2321) vs. Plenkovic (2240)

https://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3102803&m=17

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. h3 Bh5 7.d4 e6 (and NOT 0-0-0, otherwise d5 is devastating)