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The Scotch Game is a chess opening beginning with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.

The Scotch Game is a chess opening beginning with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4, and is so named because of its use in an 1824 correspondence match between players from Edinburgh and London. It fell largely out of use in the 20th Century until it was revived in the hands of Garry Kasparov.

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What are white's plans in this Scotch Gambit position?

I'll skip the long explanation, but it's not uncommon for me to reach the following position as White out of the opening: [FEN ""] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O cxb2 Bxb2 (Black to move, most common replies seem to be…
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Can the Scotch Game really give White chances to get an opening advantage?

If I remember well, Kasparov once said that, besides the Ruy Lopez, the Scotch Game is the only serious attempt for White to get an early advantage in the opening after 1.e4 e5. Is that true? The Scotch Game begins with: [FEN ""] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6…
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Should I recapture the queen with my king or knight in the Scotch Game?

I watched the following video on the Scotch Game by NM Dereque Kelley, and he clearly points out that 3...d6 is not a good move on Black's part because it causes all sorts of problems, especially coming from 4. Bb5 pinning the knight. But if Black…
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How should white continue after 5...Qf6 in the Scotch Game?

I have been playing the Scotch main line every chance I get. I have had a pretty good success rate with it, but I feel this is due to the my opponent not having a complete understanding of the Scotch. My play usually goes something like this: …
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Scotch Opening - How to play

Does anybody have some indication of a book, site, video, etc,, which explores this variation of Scotch Opening for Black? [fen ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 I have lost a lot of games playing 5...Qf6. Does there…
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Does this opening have a name? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

I've stumbled upon this opening a few times, and I'm pretty sure it must be known, but I couldn't find the name of it in my book: [FEN ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ... Is someone familiar with that opening? If this is a common opening, I'd…
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What is the idea behind 10.h3 in the Scotch Four Knights

Kramnik introduced this idea in a couple of his games against Aroninan, but I am struggling to justify such a slow move in a rather open position: [FEN ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9.…
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Scotch gambit: 4... f6

[fen ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 f6 How should I play from here? This move seems to head off the main ideas of my kingside attack; what is the best way to proceed with the plan of quickly developing and attacking?
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Doubt on scotch opening

Why does f6 gives white this big advantage? Furthermore, would it be more appropriate for white to capture the black pawn on e5, effectively giving away a central pawn, or to develop the light squared bishop on c4?
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What are the ideas of 6. Qf3 in the Scotch?

In the following sequence of moves, what are the main ideas of the fashionable 6. Qf3 in the Scotch? Can White hope for a real advantage by letting Black trade Queens so early and worsening (at least from a theoretical point of view) his Pawn…
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Popularity of the Scotch Game

I was looking back at a game played between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen at the 2017 London Chess Classics in which Hikaru employed the Scotch game and played very creatively getting a winning advantage at one point. In the end, however, he…
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Fried Liver Attack in the Scotch Gambit - Two Knights Defense?

[fen ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke6 Now the usual move in the Fried Liver Attack is 9. Nc3 attacking the knight on d5, but the d-pawn heads this off. Is the Fried Liver Attack still…
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Scotch gambit: 4... Qf6

[fen ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qf6 This move 4... Qf6 defends both the d4 and f7 pawns; now if 5. Bg5 to drive it away, 5... Qg6 and the bishop becomes a liability, preventing White from taking on d4; furthermore the e4 pawn comes…
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Scotch opening 5.Nf3

Yesterday Anish Giri played the scotch opening at the Tata Steel Tournament with the strange looking move(to me) 5.Nf3. [fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nf3 What is the…
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Who is the Schmidt Variation of the scotch opening named after

in the scotch opening if black develops their knight on move 4, this is called the Schmidt variation, does anyone know who it's actually named after?
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