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Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Jadoul Variation
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Jadoul Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B01, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4.
The line refines Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B01
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 11
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Statistics from Lichess
17,715 games · White 51.1% / Draw 5.8% / Black 43.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| a6 | 13,052 | |
| e6 | 4,387 | |
| Bxb1 | 80 | |
| g6 | 69 | |
| c6 | 51 | |
| h5 | 30 | |
| a5 | 12 | |
| h6 | 12 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:23:59
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