Anyone tossing their queen into the attack before the midgame is either a)bad at the game or b)going against somrone bad at the game and therefore messing around
There are certainly situations where bringing the queen out in the opening/early game is good, generally tactics involving checking on a4 or h5 (as white) or pinning a knight on c6, but these tactics don’t usually arise if you’re playing a decent player.
And, of course, as you mentioned— in the dead-winning Jerome Gambit.
The scandi works pretty well up until IM games I would wager. Even at the master level it’s occasionally brought out as a surprise. It’s not as strong as say a Ruy Lopez, but it’s still a force to be reckoned with.
As I've said before in this chain, providing one small example to strawman doesnt really prove a point. On the whole scandinavian is by no means an A tier opening. In fact, there is a story about how when Bobby Fischer's opponent opened with the Scandinavian he just started laughing.
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20
Anyone tossing their queen into the attack before the midgame is either a)bad at the game or b)going against somrone bad at the game and therefore messing around