The Scandinavian, 2nd edition - Emms "Movie Chess Sets" with 1 1/2" squares

with 1 1/2" squares

Attractive

Black grabs the gambit pawn and thus refuses to succumb to the passive positions so typical of the Queen's Gambit Declined

Nc3 dxe4 4

The Scandinavian, 2nd edition - Emms "Movie Chess Sets" with 1 1/2" squaresFrom a theoretical backwater to a fully blown main line opening, the rise of the Scandinavian Defense (1 e4 d5) has been nothing short of meteoric. Over the past fifteen years the Scandinavian has become more and more popular both at club and Grandmaster level. It even managed to obtain an ultimate seal of approval when Vishy Anand employed it in his World Championship match with Garry Kasparov In this book Grandmaster John Emms explains the