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Scandinavian Defense: Main Line trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Scandinavian Defense: Main Line

The Main Line of the Scandinavian Defense (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5) is the most popular way to continue after the queen recapture: attacked by 3.Nc3, the queen goes to a5. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 9 named lines that continue it, such as Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Mieses Variation, Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit, Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation, Scandinavian Defense: Lasker Variation, Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System, Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack, Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Scandinavian Defense: Main Line page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.