Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Gipslis Variation
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4
The Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Gipslis Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B01, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4. It is a line of the Scandinavian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,790 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 5. Be2 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.67 (Stockfish, depth 49; best line 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nb6 7. h3 Bh5)
- ECO
- B01
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/ppp1pppp/8/3n4/3P2b1/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 2 5- PGN
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 275 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,257 | |
| 2000+ | 258 | |
| All | 1,790 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Be2 | 971 (54%) | |
| 5. Bc4 | 227 (13%) | |
| 5. c4 | 221 (12%) | |
| 5. h3 | 190 (11%) | |
| 5. c3 | 41 (2%) | |
| 5. Bd3 | 36 (2%) | |
| 5. Be3 | 33 (2%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 30 (2%) |
Master games
400 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 21%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- AllieSteinv0.8-120f959_PS1.7 (3543) – LCZero0.28.0-rc1_69146 (3614) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-07-05
- LCZero0.28.0-rc1_69146 (3614) – AllieSteinv0.8-120f959_PS1.7 (3543) 1-0 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-07-02
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2737) – GM Samuel Sevian (2687) 1-0 · Bullet Chess Losers 2024 · 2024-06-13
- GM Maxim Matlakov (2691) – GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2592) 1/2-1/2 · President of UZB Prizes · 2021-11-14
- GM Rainer Buhmann (2580) – GM Alexander Donchenko (2659) 1/2-1/2 · Hobbits Invitational 2021 · 2021-02-25
Highest-rated Lichess games
- cinarbayrakoglu800 (2608) – Krilike (2383) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
- Dxf7 (2398) – ramsou (2568) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Dxf7 (2440) – Kopengagen2016 (2452) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Scandinavian Defense: Marshall Variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5
More Scandinavian Defense lines (all)
- Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) B01
- Scandinavian Defense (1… d5 2. b3) B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld Variation B01
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.