Scandinavian Defence

English

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Moves: 1.e4 d5

Noun

Scandinavian Defence (uncountable)

1. A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 d5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black queen's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.

Translations

chess opening

• German: Skandinavische Verteidigung (de) f

Further reading

• Scandinavian Defence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia