Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6

ECO B01

The Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation is a chess opening line in the Scandinavian Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6.

It is catalogued under code B01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move c6 is chosen by Black on move 4.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Modern Variation.

Named variations

• Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern Variation — ECO B01

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