Tree path 3 levels King's Pawn Game › Scandinavian Defense › Modern Variation
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- King's Pawn Game B00
- Scandinavian Defense B01
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Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B01.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6, after 4 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Scandinavian Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
3 named variations grow from this line, including Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit, Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer.
In total, the branch covers 19 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- B01
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Scandinavian Defense
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 19
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Variations (3)
Show all 19 sub-variations (full subtree)
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit 6-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation 5-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer 6-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Kádas Gambit 8-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Marshall Variation 6-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit 6-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Richter Variation 6-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Kiel Variation 8-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Gipslis Variation 8-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Wing Gambit 8-ply
- B01 Banker Variation 9-ply
- B01 Classical Variation 7-ply
- B01 Correspondence Refutation 9-ply
- B01 Elbow Variation 8-ply
- B01 Jadoul Variation 11-ply
- B01 Lusophobe Variation 9-ply
- B01 Melbourne Shuffle Variation 11-ply
- B01 Wuss Variation 7-ply
- B01 Scandinavian Defense: Richter Variation 8-ply