Scandinavian Defense is Very Ferocious Against Pedestrian Play | 5. h3 variation | Scandi = Beast

Analysis of a game played in the scandinavian defense where white doesn't play aggressively

The Qd8 scandinavian defense can be absolutely ferocious against indecisive play and can lead to interesting psychological effects, in this case passive behavior (not a good recipe for success against the robust Qd8 scandi!)

Key Themes:
- punishing passive play
- noting the consequences of each move by your opponent
- ferocity of the Qd8 scandi

Link to Lichess study containing the game analysis (see scandi game #5): https://lichess.org/study/tL3X6nWh

Link to Lichess study containing an opening tree with links to my videos:
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Link to chessable courses that I am studying to use for these variations:

John Bartholomew's Free Scandinavian Defense course:
https://www.chessable.com/course/104

IM John Bartholomew's Scandinavian Defense (Paid Course):
https://www.chessable.com/im-john-bar...

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