On Jul 30, 10:33 am, "Chess One" wrote:
"Taylor Kingston" wrote in message

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On Jul 29, 1:33 am, help bot wrote:

But generally speaking, the majority of these
guys are hanging pieces, pawns, or as in one
game, an exchange for a pawn, and they are
clearly not getting any outside help. Check
this game out:

1.e4 d5

2.ed Qxd5

3.Nc3 Qd6 (Um, are you planning to move anything
besides just your Queen, fella?)

Actually this is an established book line of the Scandinavian
Defense. The definite work on it is "Scandinavian Defense: The Dynamic
3...Qd6" by Michael Melts (2001 Russell Enterprises; see
http://uscfsales.com/item.asp?cID=15&PID=97)

O! Russell Enterprises!

Personally I like the CCCP published title by R. B. Edwards, 1987 [Can.]
which is not on the possibly counter-intuitively named 'dynamic' 3....Qd6,
and spends 160 pages on 2... Nf6, the Modern var which Hans Jung recommends.

Basically, this is an opening that you don't need much preparation for as
black, even with Qd6!?, and is therefore good

I've generally found that 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 players get a bit
kerflummoxed when, after 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 they find themselves
defending against a Panov-Botvinnik Attack in the Caro-Kann. With
2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 that transposition cannot occur. And with 2...Qxd5
one can reasonably expect 3.Nc3 to follow 99% of the time, whereas
with 2...Nf6 one must be prepared not only for 3.c4, but 3.Bb5+, 3.d4
or 3.Nf3. Therefore I would submit that playing 2...Nf6 requires no
less preparation than 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6.
In any event, my point was not that 3...Qd6 is markedly better than
other lines of the Scandinavian, but that, contrary to help-bot's
insinuation, it is definitely an established line with a substantial
body of theory behind it.

I further note that I stole the book from the Reverend P. Gustafson!

Stealing from a man of God? Tut, tut, Phil.