Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation, Main Line

B01

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4

How it went

69 ours · 82 masters

White wins 43% Draws 20% Black wins 37%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2014
Carlsen, Magnus — Djukic, Nikola 1-0 · 2014
Karjakin, Sergey — Iotov, Valentin 0-1 · 2014
Navara, David — Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyul 1-0 · 2010
Kovalev, Vladislav — Lázni?ka, Viktor 0-1 · 2015

Games in Spain

Grischuk,A (2745) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) 1-0
Shirov,A (2665) — Jaskolka,T (2249) 0-1
Shirov,A (2665) — Jaskolka,T (2249) 1-0
Kovalev,Vl (2648) — Chigaev,M (2631) 1/2-1/2
Kovalev,Vl (2648) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1
Vazquez,Guillermo (2527) — Chigaev,M (2631) 1-0
Pichot,A (2625) — Kuzmicz,K (2469) 1-0
Santos Latasa,J (2616) — Rakhmanov,Ale (2585) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4
1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 Bg4
e4 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qd8 d4 Nf6 Nf3 Bg4
e4, d5, exd5, Qxd5, Nc3, Qd8, d4, Nf6, Nf3, Bg4