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Scandinavian Defense: Main Line

ECO B01 · 29,351 games · White to move

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5
47% White5% Draw48% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d410,83136.9%
Nf39,27431.6%
Bc43,98413.6%
b41,8536.3%Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit B01
d31,3544.6%
h33261.1%
g33161.1%
Be22410.8%
Bb5+2380.8%
Qf31890.6%
a31760.6%
Nge21350.5%

A further 434 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4Scandinavian Defense 1... d5Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation 2... Qxd5Scandinavian Defense: Main Line 3... Qa5

Other lines in this family

Main Line, Mieses VariationB01… 4. d4 Nf64,673Main Line, Leonhardt GambitB01… 4. b41,853Classical VariationB01… 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5478Lasker VariationB01… 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3437Anderssen CounterattackB01… 4. d4 e5378Valencian VariationB01… 3... Qd827,191Gubinsky-Melts DefenseB01… 3... Qd65,758Valencian Variation, Main LineB01… 3... Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg41,134Valencian Variation, Ilundain VariationB01… 3... Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6565Schiller-Pytel VariationB01… 3... Qd6 4. d4 c6413

All 34 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.