I recently rediscovered my copy of Chessbase 9 cannot directly read EPD files. Can you imagine not being able to directly read chess position files with various problems you store for further analysis?! That's crazy. And guess what? I was forced to use SCID, the free program to read the EPD files ...

I would really, really like to see those lines which purport to refute this line because I want to play this one against a BDG Gambit player who is a fanatic about that opening. I need something to help me avoid it and the Lion would fit perfectly...unless of course you or somebody can tell me the ...

Because although according to my SCID statistics that show 4...Nf6 is the overwhelming response to facing 4.d4 in the Scandinavian, 4...e5 scores a whopping 45% for Black even though it's only seen an avg of 3% of the time on the board. So clearly this line holds some sting. And, BTW, I did a search ...

As you can see from looking at this game by Ivanchuk, this is extremely wild. But notice, 5.Qe2 would have stopped Black cold and forced Black on the defensive. All of that could have been given by analysis had both the Houska and Bauer books bothered to mention the Anderssen Counterattack in the ...

If you don't believe me...explain why this Anderssen Counterattack game in the Scandinavian isn't referenced for inclusion for analysis by either the Jovanak Houska or Christian Bauer books on the Scandinavian?

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V ...

In all the chess books I've accumulated not one mentioned the 4...e5 move to decline the Sturdier Rasa/Blackmar Diemer Gambit. By the same token not a single chess book I have mentions the Anderssen Counterattack with ...e5 either in the Scandinavian. Why are these lines ignored in all the chess ...

It turns out the move 4...e5 is called the Anderssen Counterattack in the Scandinavian. However I find it unconscionable that the Everyman chess publication Starting Out: The Scandinavian couldn't find the pages to squeeze in this viable sideline. The difference between facing 4...e5 and 4...Nf6 is ...

I'm shocked, absolutely shocked there is a saving move that stops the BDG Gambit but NONE of the books I've seen mention this line. Okay, let's say we get 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 and all the books I've read don't even bother mentioning how to decline the pawn offer. These GM's disdain this ...

I love the Caro Kan defense. Unfortunately I'm being forced to avoid using it because it can transpose to the BDG Gambit if White wants to force the issue. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 and we're off to the races in the BDG Gambit. Technically, according to SCID this is called the Rasa Sturdier ...

I bought a book a while back called "The Black Lion" purporting to be a cure all to facing either 1.e4 or 1.d4. I've read comments saying this book is crap. If that's true can somebody tell me what line is not discussed in that book which proves this shouldn't be used for OTB play? Thanks.