hello,

im new here, but having a problem with an opening.

Im black opponent is white.

White moves:
E2->E4
I move:
D7->D5
White moves:
E4->E5

That often creates a tight annyoing situation for me at my end. Could you recommend me variations on openings that deals with this exact opening ?

Thanks,

White is doing you a favor when he plays this way. He's giving you the French Defense without your c8 bishop being locked in by e6. I'd respond with 2. Bf5, the usually e6 and c5, not necessarily in that order.

--Fromper

a) I'm rather surprised that White doesn't take on d5 (1. e4 d5 2. exd5).
b) Why are you playing 1. ...d5 in the first place.
c) If you really need to know, I would second Fromper's recommendation of getting the bishop out before playing e6 or go after the e5 pawn with 2. ...Nc6.

a) yup same here.... for me.... as an e4 player, played e5 once and knows the bitterness lies for me! exd5 is certainly the better choice...

b) d5 (Scandivanian) is not a bad opening..... it was one of the current world champion, Vishy Anand main openings!

c) Going with 2. Bf5 is certainly the better choice. You get to play French, with your BAD bishop outside the pawn chain! Just ask any french players who likes to play the position 2. Bf5..... I think they will like this. After 3. e6, c5 expanding the Q-side is good. As a scandivanian player, it is advised that you learn a bit of French to counter e5. There are no problems for Nc6 but the c5 pawn will be blocked. Thus slowing down the Q-side expansion.

Definitely don't play Nc6 until after c5. In this type of pawn formation, c5 is almost always a good way to gain space on the queen side, and Nc6 blocks it in. There are exceptions, of course, but only as part of specific, tactical lines devised by masters and grandmasters. Anyone asking this type of question on this forum isn't a good enough player yet to be trying to invent exceptions to the general rules.

--Fromper

The Scandinavian is a bad opening, for beginners. As a defense it's sound, but it's a sure way to limit your growth, which just isn't an issue for Anand; to be fair, GMs have other reasons than we for choosing the openings they do.
I once suffered from e4-e5 fear myself. I got over it and found it was baseless.

I have to agree here, that the Scandinavian is best left alone for a while. You could play e6, e5, Nf6, heck even g6. The Sicilian is the most popular, but it has a LOT of theory behind it.

And are you Anand?

LOL! I am not anand! I am just trying to say that no opening is a BAD opening... it may be inferior but it is not bad. And BTW I don't play scandivanian!