MartinC wrote on 10/07/15 at 19:17:25:


You would get the same position if Black had played a more normal 6. .. Nf6 and then met 7. Qe2 with a Nbd7 blunder. 

It is the normal structure in those positions that you get pawns on c6 and e6, Knights on f6 and d7 and if the Queen retreats, it goes back to c7, with the Bishop on d6 if Bb4xc3 isn't played. The evidence of the Adams game is that not every move order works. 

I noticed that game, and how Merry (a young FM) apparently couldn't bring himself to resign for some time.

Around a decade ago, Eric Prié did five Yearbook articles on various versions of "Königsspringerzurückhaltungspolitik" (the policy of holding back the king's knight) in the Scandinavian, but I have the impression that that particular blunder didn't get a mention.

In today's game against Merry, Mickey Adams demonstrated a tricky move order against a Qxd5, Qa5 Scandinavian and effectively won on the eighth move.



At move 10, you can win with either Nxf5 or Nxf7+. 
8. .. Qd8 would have allowed Nd6 mate.

It's been played before, so not original, but does it make the theory books as a warning of what can go wrong when you least expect it?