Hikaru Nakamura’s FAVORITE Chess Opening for White AGAINST the Scandinavian Defense!

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GM Hikaru Nakamura ‪@GMHikaru‬ is one of the best chess players on earth, and in today's video we take a look at his chess opening repertoire AGAINST the Scandinavian Defense! The Scandinavian Defense is the 3rd most popular chess opening for black against 1. e4 in online chess, and it's important to have a response against it. Hikaru often relies on the move of 2. Nc3 (which I just made a course on) and the next move in line? Doesn't even come close. 2. Nc3 is BY FAR the opening of choice for GM Hikaru, and today we take a look at some of the common chess opening strategy, chess opening moves, chess opening tricks, chess opening traps, and chess opening theory that Hikaru Nakamura uses to dismantle his Scandinavian Defense opponents. I hope you enjoy this video on a top tier chess opening option AGAINST the Scandinavian Defense, let me know what you think of it!
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[@bernieverhaeghe]

Love your content man. Curious if you have a video where you specifically go over castling in the hippo? you mentioned it in one of your masterclass videos that I just commented on

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey what's good! Thank you for that man. And hmmm I've covered the concept in general but I think an in-depth video on JUST THAT would be good. Thanks for this!

[@bernieverhaeghe]

@TheChessGiant that sounds amazing. Excited to see it!

[@WayOfHaQodesh]

So what I'm learning from this as a Viking chess player, and Nefatafle lover btw, and lover of the Scandinavian defense is to bring out the Dane Axes and chop them horses down early. I like it. Thank you for an instructional game and all your videos.

[@TheChessGiant]

Yessir! And thanks!

[@e.doctorsmith7766]

Most Scandi players transpose into the Caro Kann with ...c6 to avoid that and the Blackmar Diemer Gambit lines...😉

[@TheChessGiant]

I haven't had many (if any) do it against me, but it obviously happens. In that case, I usually go into a Two Knights Attack!

[@RayT70]

Hi Solomon, what do you recommend after 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Be6 5. Nf3 f6

[@TheChessGiant]

c3! Maybe even c3 instead of Nc3 although I'd have to double check my lines...

[@Snifferbjornsson]

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[@TheChessGiant]

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[@SimurghMyTube]

⛔⚠️ I'm asking you again to put the original English language on the main track because I can't follow your videos anymore easily : I get crappy AI audio translation!

[@SimurghMyTube]

@vger5857 🤔 Learn to read carefully to understand the meaning of a sentence.

[@TheChessGiant]

Uh interesting I didn't change anything in the settings... I wonder if KZbin automatically shifted settings ...