Crush the Scandinavian Defense in 8 Moves! [TRAPS for White]

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White sacrifices the b-pawn for a quick development and sharp attack. It comes with some really nice traps that most chess players fall into. You will also learn how to outsmart and crush your opponents who are aware of the trap and don't fall for it.

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00:00 Crush the Scandinavian Defense in 8 Moves!
00:41 Aggressive Gambit 4.b4
02:29 If your opponent falls for the deadly trap
05:10 DON'T make this mistake!
07:03 If your opponent is aware of the Bxf7+ trap
09:06 Funny trick: if Black plays a6 to kick Nb5
09:40 Black's best defense against the gambit
11:08 Brilliant tactical combination!

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[DelayedLaunch]

I swear, just this morning I woke up and thought exactly this: “Crush the Scandinavian, I wonder if Igor has a video…” and now this. Same wavelength! Thanks for posting this!

[anuragkumar-kqsf]

I tried this against Niemann and the game spoke for itself

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Crush the Scandinavian Defense in 8 Moves!
00:41 Aggressive Gambit 4.b4
02:29 If your opponent falls for the deadly trap
05:10 DON'T make this mistake!
07:03 If your opponent is aware of the Bxf7+ trap
09:06 Funny trick: if Black plays a6 to kick Nb5
09:40 Black's best defense against the gambit
11:08 Brilliant tactical combination!

[Chess-Online]

Your videos have helped me a lot in improving my game, although I am just a casual player, not a professional like you. The way you explain things is both enjoyable and very easy to grasp.

[aaronwalderslade]

A fine lesson as usual. I love when my opponent plays this opening against me. I usually win the game, and often win their Queen. There are often opportunities against club level opponents to reveal bishop attacks against the Queen. Make sure you set up a good story for why the pawn or piece is desperately moving, and this will help distract the opponent from looking at his Queen.

[cookedonafeeling]

You're the best chess teacher on YouTube.. thank you for everything! It's been so fun learning lines like this for the first time in my life - this video and how to crush scholars mate attacks have actually enabled me to play blitz. I watch 3 or 4 times then practice each variation.. seeing such amazing results

[Jay_ShreeRam..]

Their is a Levy video just above This one and It is about Crushing through Scandavian Defence 💀🙏

[PhysicsIsReallyBeautiful]

I play the Scandinavian a lot, and it would be really helpful if you made a video on how to avoid this trap.
Thanks a lot for this video. Super informative!!

[FalseGod.]

In the beginning of the gambit if you go knight b5 1:36 and they go knight a6 to protect, is the gambit lost? How do you get rid of that night that’s always protecting the forking square for king and rook plus queen is aligned with knight so no opp for any traps it seems

[TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation } 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Nh5 11. Be4 Qe7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 1-0

[antoniomontana]

Excellent video!! You do an awesome job explaining moves and strategy, you sir, are a rock star.
Thank you.

[andrewcrane]

I love that you always have a video for both the white and black piece, I just watched the video on the Scandinavian so I figure let's learn how to crush the Scandinavian lol

[snakk]

You didn't cover Na6. First thing an opponent played against me and I got crushed. It's the move with the highest WR for black, so would be nice if you covered it. Other than that thanks for the good content 👍

[keysersoze]

Below a 1000 blcks next move after pawn takes is always to give a check. 99% of the time

[Shibshankar_Roy]

This is something that i have been looking for a month.. If there was anything more than doing subscribing i would od that😍😍😍😍

[chingyincheng]

Great vid! Explained the traps clearly!

[TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line } 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 cxb5 7. Qe2 b4 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ncd6+ Kd7 11. Nxf7 Qb6 12. d4 Rg8 13. O-O e6 14. Re1 Nd8 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Ne5+ Ke8 17. Bg5 Nf7 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Qxg8+ Ke7 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[TheDitronik]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line } 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Qh5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Qg5 11. f4 Qh4 12. Be1 Qh6 13. g4 g5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Bd2 Qg7 16. Qc1 Ne4 17. Bh6 Qh8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rxf7+ Ke8 20. Qh6 Nd7 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[ronaldnovela]

Preparing for my school chess tournament this is very helpful thank you sir.

[hhcurieux]

How do you evaluate the position after 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nf3 a6 ? In my mind, after only 7 moves Black is already better. Far from crushing the Scandinavian defense. I have an old book by J Du Mont (1919) About the Mieses gambit he wrote than a timely ...a6 is a key move for black.