Italian Game: Scotch Gambit

The book line for Italian Game: Scotch Gambit is e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Nf6, d4, exd4. This page collects the 14 named lines under that variation.

14 named lines · ECO C56 · 3,643 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Italian Game: Scotch Gambit

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  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. Bc4
  6. Nf6
  7. d4
  8. exd4
  9. O-O

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  5. White bishop moves from f1 to c4.
  6. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  7. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  8. Black pawn captures on d4.
  9. White castles kingside.

Named lines

  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Canal Variation (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nc3
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Janowski Defense (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack Accepted (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. fxg7
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann Defense (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Walbrodt-Baird Gambit (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O
  • Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7

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