Scotch Game

Scotch Game is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, d4. The book has 53 lines under this name, across ECO codes C44 to C45.

53 lines in the book · ECO C44 to C45 · 34,915 tagged puzzles in the source database

Play the main line

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Scotch Game

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. d4

Move by move

  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 pawn moves from d2 to d4.

Variations

Benima Defense1 lines · C44Cochrane Variation1 lines · C44Cochrane-Shumov Defense1 lines · C44Göring Gambit4 lines · C44Hanneken Variation1 lines · C44Haxo Gambit1 lines · C44Lolli Variation2 lines · C44Napoleon Gambit1 lines · C44Relfsson Gambit1 lines · C44Scotch Gambit8 lines · C44Sea-Cadet Mate1 lines · C44Vitzthum Attack1 lines · C44Alekhine Gambit1 lines · C45Blumenfeld Attack1 lines · C45Braune Variation1 lines · C45Classical Variation4 lines · C45Fraser Variation1 lines · C45Ghulam-Kassim Variation1 lines · C45Gottschall Variation1 lines · C45Horwitz Attack2 lines · C45Malaniuk Variation1 lines · C45Meitner Variation1 lines · C45Mieses Variation1 lines · C45Modern Defense1 lines · C45Paulsen Attack1 lines · C45Paulsen Variation1 lines · C45Paulsen1 lines · C45Potter Variation1 lines · C45Romanishin Variation1 lines · C45Rosenthal Variation1 lines · C45Schmidt Variation1 lines · C45Steinitz Variation2 lines · C45Tartakower Variation1 lines · C45

Named gambits and traps

16 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 16.

Puzzles from this opening

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