Scandinavian Opening (Good Or Bad?)

Don’t worry about computer eval of your opening.

Computer hates Albin, for example, it believes that white is simply a pawn up, but practically speaking the gambit is equal, since black regain the pawn much much later, if at all, but white can stumble and lose at any moment. Same with Morra gambit, same with Dragon Yogoslav, in many lines stockfish feels that white is +1.29 etc., but from that very position I win MORE games than lose. Stockfish evaluation is not everything. As Alpha Zero showed. It is true that we are not Alpha Zero, but our opponent is not Stockfish :) (Usually)

It is a good practical choice for people who like to play these positions.

@Karpfenkopf maybe, or carlsen(or whoever you base your judgement on) says that opening is soso but cool with this opponent but an untouchable nightmare against that opponent .

Does anybody switch it up between Qd8 Scandi and Nf6 Scandi with their real life OTB club opponents to make it a little harder to prepare against?

Nf6 is better for me at my nooby level

Just to bump this thread - if anyone is looking for a masterclass on how to play the modern Scandinavian and the Portuguese variation, look at the games of aqtobe on this site. No idea who they are in real life but with current no.1 blitz ranking on lichess they are obviously more than decent.