Chess Opening Secrets Revealed*: Feb 12, 2007

Chess: Understanding the Center Counter (Scandinavian) Part XIX

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4 Nbd7
6 Nf3 e6 7 Qe2 Nb6 8 Bd3 h6 9 Bd2 Bd6
10 Ne5 O-O 11 O-O-O Line

For explanations of moves 1 through 3 please
refer to Chess: Understanding the Center Counter
(Scandinavian) Part I

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4:

5 ... Nbd7

5 ... Bg4
5 ... Bf5
5 ... c6
5 ... a6

6 Nf3

6 Nge2

6 ... e6

6 ... c6

7 Qe2

7 O-O

7 ... Nb6

7 ... Be7
7 ... c6

8 Bd3

8 Bb5+

8 ... h6

8 ... Bd6
8 ... Bb4
8 ... c6
8 ... Be7

9 Bd2

9 O-O
9 Ne4

9 ... Bd6

9 ... Bd7
9 ... Be7

10 Ne5

10 O-O

10 ... O-O

10 ... Be7
10 ... a6
10 ... Nbd7

11 O-O-O

11 O-O

By ChessCoach@care2.com

Chess: Understanding the Center Counter (Scandinavian) Part XVIII

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4 Bf5
6 Nf3 c6 7 Qe2 e6 8 Bg5 Nbd7 9 d5 cxd5
10 Nxd5 Line

For explanations of moves 1 through 3 please
refer to Chess: Understanding the Center Counter
(Scandinavian) Part I

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4:

5 ... Bf5

5 ... Bg4
5 ... Nbd7
5 ... c6
5 ... a6

6 Nf3

6 Qf3
6 Nge2

6 ... c6

6 ... e6

7 Qe2

7 O-O
7 Nh4
7 Ne5

7 ... e6

7 ... b5
7 ... Qd6

8 Bg5

8 O-O
8 Bf4

8 ... Nbd7

8 ... Bb4
8 ... h6

9 d5

9 O-O-O

9 ... cxd5

9 ... Qe7

10 Nxd5

10 Bxd5

By ChessCoach@care2.com

Chess: Understanding the Center Counter (Scandinavian) Part XVII

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4 c6
6 Nf3 Bf5 7 Ne5 e6 8 g4 Be4 9 Nxe4 Nxe4
10 Qf3 Nd6 11 Bb3 Nd7 12 Bf4 Nxe5 13 dxe5
13 ... Nb5 Line

For explanations of moves 1 through 3 please
refer to Chess: Understanding the Center Counter
(Scandinavian) Part I

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bc4:

5 ... c6

5 ... Bg4
5 ... Nbd7
5 ... Bf5
5 ... a6

6 Nf3

6 Nge2

6 ... Bf5

6 ... b5
6 ... Bg4
6 ... e6
6 ... Nbd7

7 Ne5

7 Qe2
7 O-O
7 Bd3
7 Nh4

7 ... e6

7 ... Bg6

8 g4

8 O-O

8 ... Be4

8 ... Bg6

9 Nxe4

9 O-O

9 ... Nxe4

10 Qf3

10 O-O
10 Qe2

10 ... Nd6

10 ... Nf6

11 Bb3

11 Be2
11 Bd3

11 ... Nd7

11 ... a5

12 Bf4

12 c3
12 Bd2

12 ... Nxe5

12 ... Qa5+
12 ... a5
12 ... h5
12 ... Be7

13 dxe5

13 Bxe5

13 ... Nb5

13 ... Nc8

By ChessCoach@care2.com

Chess: Understanding the Center Counter (Scandinavian) Part XVI

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bg5 Nbd7
6 Nf3 h6 7 Bh4 a6 8 Bd3 e6 9 Qe2 Be7
10 O-O-O c5 11 d5 exd5 12 Rhe1 d4 Line

For explanations of moves 1 through 3 please
refer to Chess: Understanding the Center Counter
(Scandinavian) Part I

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6: