Chess Codex
Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Scandinavian Defense › Modern Variation › Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game B00
  3. Scandinavian Defense B01
  4. Modern Variation B01
  5. Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit B01 you are here
B01

Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit

Open in Lichess
Share: X Reddit Telegram Facebook
Play from here → Click pieces to play, or use ← / → arrows.

Overview

Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code B01 within the Semi-Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

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 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6.

It is a variation of Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

Step through the moves on the interactive board below, review the live Lichess statistics, or play this position against Stockfish at one of six difficulty levels.

ECO code
B01
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
6
Parent
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation

This overview is generated automatically from the opening's metadata. A more detailed, human-written description is on the way — and you can speed it up by suggesting one yourself.

Statistics from Lichess

Loading…

Description

Write a description

Markdown supported (headings ###, bold, lists, links). Submissions are reviewed before publishing.

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation:

https://test.av-webdevs.com/openings/scandinavian-defense-icelandic-palme-gambit