Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:on the other hand, we are going into that direction.
currently, top engines know the Scandinavian is no good, years ago it was not like that, so we are slowly pruning away the bad lines.
at some point, all bad lines will be pruned, but this will not come anywhere soon.
I do not think engines know the scandinavian is no good.
After 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 stockfish does not see more than 0.5 for white
and I guess 2...Qxd5 is enough for a draw.
Some analysis by latest stockfish show only 0.37 score for white.
[D]rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3P4/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
Stockfish_17092216_x64_modern:
1/1 00:00 79 79k +0.86 2. ... Qxd5
2/2 00:00 218 218k +1.32 2. ... Qxd5 3.a3
3/4 00:00 472 236k +0.70 2. ... Qxd5 3.Qe2 e5
4/4 00:00 646 323k +0.83 2. ... Qxd5 3.Qe2 e5 4.c3
5/5 00:00 4k 1,269k -0.55 2. ... c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc6 Nxc6
6/6 00:00 6k 1,466k -0.29 2. ... Qxd5 3.Qe2 Qe6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qxe6 Bxe6
7/7 00:00 7k 1,688k -0.20 2. ... Qxd5 3.Qe2 Qe6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 c6
8/9 00:00 13k 2,155k -0.36 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe6+ 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Qxe6 Bxe6
9/13 00:00 25k 2,261k -0.31 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe6+ 4.Nge2 c6 5.b3 Na6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Qd3
10/14 00:00 98k 2,279k -0.60 2. ... c6 3.Nf3 cxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0-0
11/18 00:00 197k 2,498k -0.55 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe6+ 4.Qe2 Qxe2+ 5.Bxe2 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Bf4 e5 9.Bxe5
12/18 00:00 519k 2,760k -0.89 2. ... Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nd7 7.0-0 e6 8.Bg5 Nb4
13/17 00:00 682k 2,675k -0.70 2. ... c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3
14/22 00:00 1,054k 2,522k -0.95 2. ... c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 h6 9.h3 Bf5 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bb3
15/22 00:00 1,256k 2,483k -0.95 2. ... c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 Na5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.h3
16/25 00:01 2,535k 2,442k -0.74 2. ... Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.0-0 c5 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Nd7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Qf3 0-0
17/27 00:01 3,706k 2,579k -0.65 2. ... Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 e6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.Nc3 b6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.0-0 Bb7 12.b4 Nf5 13.b5 h6
18/31 00:02 7,245k 2,727k -0.59 2. ... Nf6 3.d4 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qb6 7.Nc3 0-0-0 8.Bxc6 Qxc6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Rxd4 11.Qxc6+ bxc6 12.Be3 Rd7 13.f3 e5
19/33- 00:03 8,230k 2,705k -0.67 2. ... Nf6 3.d4
19/33- 00:03 8,673k 2,697k -0.82 2. ... Nf6 3.Nf3
19/33 00:03 9,275k 2,710k -0.68 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Qe6+ 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 Qd7 8.d4 0-0-0 9.Bf3 Nf6 10.Qe2 e6 11.Nd2 Kb8 12.0-0 Bd6
20/29+ 00:04 13,283k 2,779k -0.61 2. ... Qxd5
20/29+ 00:05 14,294k 2,790k -0.53 2. ... Qxd5
20/32 00:05 16,544k 2,804k -0.64 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Qe6+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2+ 7.Kxe2 Nc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.d3 e6 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.b3 Nd5 13.Bb2 0-0
21/32+ 00:06 17,116k 2,807k -0.57 2. ... Qxd5
21/32- 00:06 19,380k 2,829k -0.72 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nf3
21/32 00:08 24,535k 2,816k -0.67 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 Qd8 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Be3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 9.h3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Re1 h6 12.a3 a5 13.Bd3 Ne7
22/33+ 00:09 27,619k 2,829k -0.59 2. ... Qxd5
22/33 00:10 30,191k 2,844k -0.53 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Nb4 8.Be2 c6 9.0-0 h6 10.Bd2 c5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
23/29- 00:11 32,739k 2,855k -0.60 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
23/29 00:11 33,745k 2,857k -0.60 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.0-0 Bc6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Re1 0-0 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3
24/33+ 00:12 35,527k 2,860k -0.52 2. ... Qxd5
24/33 00:13 37,959k 2,845k -0.57 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rad1 Nc6 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Nb5 Rfc8 15.Be3 Qa5 16.c3 a6
25/32 00:15 44,821k 2,849k -0.50 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.0-0 Bc6 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Rb1 h6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nbd7 15.Nxc6
26/36- 00:16 46,180k 2,851k -0.58 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
26/36 00:18 53,220k 2,846k -0.53 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Be3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ne5 c5 10.Qf3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nd7 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Rae1 f5 18.Qxb7
27/36+ 00:21 61,795k 2,833k -0.46 2. ... Qxd5
27/41 00:27 77,604k 2,800k -0.50 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 c6 8.0-0 e6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Be7 11.c4 0-0 12.Rfd1 h6 13.h3 Qb6 14.Rdb1 Rad8 15.Bf4 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5
28/36+ 00:36 101,389k 2,813k -0.43 2. ... Qxd5
28/39 00:40 114,040k 2,821k -0.50 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qd3 b6 10.Rad1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nd7 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Rfe1 Bxg3 15.Qxg3 Bc6 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3
29/40+ 00:45 128,692k 2,823k -0.42 2. ... Qxd5
29/40 00:56 160,165k 2,841k -0.50 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 c6 8.0-0 e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.c4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.Ne5 a6 17.Be3
30/37 01:08 193,372k 2,841k -0.45 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 c6 8.0-0 e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.c4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qe2 Bb4 15.Red1 Bd6 16.Be5 h6 17.a3 a6 18.Bxd6
31/40- 01:16 218,198k 2,846k -0.53 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
31/40+ 01:25 244,519k 2,849k -0.45 2. ... Qxd5
31/40 01:38 279,780k 2,829k -0.44 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nb5 Be7 9.c4 Bd7 10.Nc3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.a3 a5 13.Bf4 Bc6 14.Ne5 Qb6 15.Qb1 Qc7 16.Bg3 Bd6 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Bxg3
32/44- 01:49 308,150k 2,824k -0.52 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
32/44- 01:52 316,909k 2,823k -0.59 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
32/44+ 02:02 343,817k 2,816k -0.52 2. ... Qxd5
32/44 02:17 388,512k 2,816k -0.46 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.d4 Nc6 8.Nb5 h6 9.Be3 0-0 10.c4 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.h3 Be7 13.a3 a6 14.Nc3 Na5 15.b4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nb7 17.c5 a5 18.Bb5 axb4 19.axb4 bxc5 20.dxc5
33/44- 02:43 459,521k 2,811k -0.53 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
33/44+ 03:05 519,551k 2,807k -0.46 2. ... Qxd5
33/45 03:31 595,732k 2,812k -0.40 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Bf4 0-0 9.Qd3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Rae1 Ne4 13.Qd1 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.Bd3 c6 16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Kh1 f6 19.c3 Rc8 20.Kg1
34/41- 03:40 621,692k 2,815k -0.47 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
34/45+ 04:03 684,362k 2,811k -0.40 2. ... Qxd5
34/48+ 04:45 802,261k 2,812k -0.28 2. ... Qxd5
34/49 07:21 1,250,354k 2,834k -0.25 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Bb4 8.Ne2 0-0 9.c3 Bd6 10.Ng3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Nbd7 12.Qb3 c5 13.Qxb7 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Be4 15.Qb4 Qxb4 16.cxb4 Rfb8 17.a3 Rd8 18.f3 Bd5 19.Be2 e5 20.Nb5
35/48- 08:33 1,448,716k 2,821k -0.33 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
35/48- 08:38 1,461,464k 2,821k -0.40 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3
35/48 09:12 1,560,310k 2,825k -0.50 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nb5 Be7 10.c4 a6 11.Nc3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Bb7 14.Be3 c6 15.Be2 c5 16.h3 Qb8 17.a4 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Bb4 19.Bb5 Rd8 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rac1 Nc5 22.Be5
36/45+ 09:45 1,649,553k 2,819k -0.42 2. ... Qxd5
36/47+ 10:14 1,730,660k 2,818k -0.35 2. ... Qxd5
36/48 11:22 1,928,482k 2,827k -0.37 2. ... Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.a4 0-0 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Qd2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.a5 bxa5 13.Qd3 Nb6 14.Rxa5 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Qg3 f6 17.Nd3 Nc4 18.Raa1 a5 19.Rfd1 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Nxb2