[Event "Wild Wild West - Atomic Opening History: Scar (1615) - Biker (1674)"] [Site "German Internet Chess Server (GICS)"] [Date "December 20, 1996"] [White "Scar"] [Black "Biker"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1615"] [BlackElo "1674"] [TimeControl "2 4"] [Termination "White forfeited on time, 0-1"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Chronatog"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QDGxSdxY/z3ZpkzoO"] [Orientation "white"] { Sorry, tipau, but Scar was definitely the first to play 1.Nc3! and he actually does a pretty credible job with creating a nice position for himself in just four moves . He's completely destroyed Black's position but I loved the rather modernized counterpunch attempt by Black with 3. ... Nc6! White went on to hand Black the game in the end but this just gave us a taste of what tipau had in store for the rest of us with 1.Nc3! } 1. Nc3 { tipau: I never claimed to be the first to play 1.Nc3, just the first to play it with good style :) 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e6 3.Ne7?? can be the Scar variation if you like :P Actually, the Atomix Book lists two Scar-related opening lines (and not very much with 1.Nc3) so this will have to be taken into consideration! :) But I will concede your point about playing it with good style! } 1... d6 2. Nd5 e6 3. Ne7 Nc6 4. Nf3 f6 5. d4 Nb4 6. e3 Nxc2 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. d5 c5 10. Bb3 Qa5+ { White helpmated himself in essence with Bb3??, allowing Black to pentrate. White might have lost on time, but he was probably just hatewaiting out Black. After Kf1, Qe1#. After Ke2, Qd2, Kf1, Qxf2 explosion. After Kd1, Qd2#. After Nd2, Qxd2 explosion. } { [%csl Gd2,Ge1][%cal Ga5d2] } 0-1