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Club Staff Sara Herman shows four games from August 2022 where she was White against the Scandinavian Defense, and won them all! The Scandinavian starts with 1.e4 d5.

2024.10.01
Sara Herman vs. Senthi Ravichandra, 2022: B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation

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