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Scandinavian Defense — opening family

45 catalogued lines · ECO B01–B01

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 d5 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

All 45 lines

NameECOMain line length
Scandinavian DefenseB012 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Zilbermints GambitB013 plies
Scandinavian DefenseB013 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer GambitB014 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Modern VariationB014 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc VariationB014 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Modern VariationB015 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Panov TransferB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Richter VariationB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme GambitB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese GambitB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Kloosterboer GambitB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Marshall VariationB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Main LineB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke GambitB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts DefenseB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Valencian VariationB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne GambitB016 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Wuss VariationB017 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Classical VariationB017 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt GambitB017 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Wing GambitB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Kádas GambitB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Elbow VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen CounterattackB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Richter VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Kiel VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Gipslis VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Mieses VariationB018 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Banker VariationB019 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Correspondence RefutationB019 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg SystemB019 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Lusophobe VariationB019 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn VariationB0110 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein VariationB0110 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation, Ilundain VariationB0110 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation, Main LineB0110 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Classical VariationB0110 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Jadoul VariationB0111 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Lasker VariationB0111 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Melbourne Shuffle VariationB0111 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld VariationB0113 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox AttackB0113 plies
Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern VariationB0114 plies