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Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Wuss Variation
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Wuss 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 begins with 7 plies and takes 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 to reach the canonical position.
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
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
515,568 games · White 45.5% / Draw 6.1% / Black 48.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxe2 | 479,107 | |
| Bf5 | 24,623 | |
| h5 | 8,123 | |
| Qxd5 | 2,064 | |
| Qd7 | 1,098 | |
| Bd7 | 215 | |
| Bf3 | 66 | |
| Bc8 | 66 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:33:12
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