Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Banker Variation
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4
The Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Banker Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B01, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4. It is a line of the Scandinavian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 504 times by this move order. White won 37%, 3% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 5… e6 (89% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5… e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. g4 Be6 8. g5)
- ECO
- B01
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 271 | |
| 2000+ | 223 | |
| All | 504 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… e6 | 447 (89%) | |
| 5… c6 | 55 (11%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5… h5 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
212 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 12%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Suri Vaibhav (2542) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2834) 0-1 · PRO League Group Stage · 2018-02-28
- GM Boris Savchenko (2613) – IM Alexander Moskalenko (2490) 1-0 · ch-RUS Blitz 2016 · 2016-10-04
- FM Pavel Toropov (2336) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2690) 0-1 · Titled Tue 27th Dec Early · 2022-12-27
- GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2657) – IM Dushyant Sharma (2313) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Mar Early · 2025-03-11
- IM Dau Khuong Duy (2490) – IM Nitish Belurkar (2479) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 5th Feb 2026 · 2026-02-05
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Sunrise34 (2879) – GM Som2310 (2772) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- atsaynm (2644) – GolfeDuMorbihan (2691) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Krolik_Piter (2410) – FM Fandorine_68 (2688) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4
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.