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Opening preparation - Scandinavian defense 3.c4 part 1

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Edited repost from an old (2016) blog

3.Nc3 is most played by white in the Scandinavian defense, but there's other pretty good options like 3.d4, 3.Nf3 and also the rather unusual, but interesting 3.c4
I first would like to look at 3.c4 Qe4+! 4.Qe2?!, and then in part 2 and 3 look at the much better options : 4.Be2 and 4.Ne2
By coincidence I just had two games in a row where my opponents played the rather unsound 4.Qe2?! line.
Here they are as annotated games :

https://lichess.org/study/UHWVCZVN/PnSiz4q6#5

https://lichess.org/study/UHWVCZVN/LiDVMuXq#5

This very line at 365chess opening database :
http://www.365chess.com/opening.php?m=7&n=7988&ms=e4.d5.exd5.Qxd5.c4.Qe4+&ns=3.20.27.56.5208.7988