Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Wuss Variation
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2
The Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Wuss Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B01, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2. 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 1,576 times by this move order. White won 45%, 6% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bxe2 (93% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 4… Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4)
- ECO
- B01
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 79 | |
| 1500-1999 | 901 | |
| 2000+ | 596 | |
| All | 1,576 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bxe2 | 1,470 (93%) | |
| 4… Bf5 | 78 (5%) | |
| 4… h5 | 14 (1%) | |
| 4… Qxd5 | 8 (1%) | |
| 4… Qd7 | 3 (0%) | |
| 4… c6 | 1 (0%) | |
| 4… e6 | 1 (0%) | |
| 4… Bd7 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
788 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 18%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- GM Peter Leko (2707) – GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2704) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-13
- GM Mikhail Kobalia (2614) – GM Maxim Matlakov (2685) 0-1 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 19 · 2020-08-29
- GM Hans Moke Niemann (2734) – GM Jacek Tomczak (2561) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Feb Late · 2025-02-18
- GM Zaven Andriasian (2600) – GM B. Adhiban (2683) 0-1 · PRO League KO Stage 2019 · 2019-03-21
- GM Maksim Chigaev (2616) – GM Aleksandr Lenderman (2547) 0-1 · Titled Tue 29th Aug Early · 2023-08-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Freerunning (2712) – Tarnished_3 (2758) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- kletochkaa_2007 (2725) – GolfeDuMorbihan (2681) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Meatloaf927 (2718) – FM ruslan1541 (2595) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
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.