Tree path 3 levels King's Pawn Game › Alekhine Defense › Scandinavian Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Alekhine Defense B02
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Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation
Overview
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B02.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It is reached after 4 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5.
It is a variation of Alekhine Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Geschev Gambit, Myers Gambit, Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit.
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- ECO code
- B02
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Alekhine Defense
- Direct variations
- 3
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