The Scandinavian Defense Revisited: A Cold Blooded Counter to 1. e4!

is to create immediate central tension and to exploit the latent power of the

queen on her starting square. Remember Lasker’s observation: "Black’s idea is to

make use of the great fighting power of the queen in the opening"

Black’s audacious pawn move effectively compels White to lose a tempo by capturing

the pawn, creating an imbalance in the center. Black’s strategy seeks the dissolution

of the center, as ...