Opening Overview

Scotch Game

53 lines
white repertoire

About This Opening

White opens the center early and aims for straightforward piece activity.

The opening's main value is its characteristic move order, which helps steer the game toward familiar structures and plans.

When studying it, focus on the first forcing decisions, the main branching points, and the kind of middlegames the opening is designed to reach.

Key ideas
  • Typical theme: recognize the key move order early.
  • Learn the first critical branching decisions.
  • Best for players who want a repeatable repertoire line.
  • Understand the resulting pawn structure and piece placement.

Choose a variation

Scotch Game: Lolli Variation
C44 9 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4
Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit
C44 9 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4
Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit
C44 7 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit
C44 7 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation
C44 9 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation
C44 12 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense
C44 8 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined
C44 8 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation
C44 10 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense
C44 8 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation
C44 9 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5
Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate
C44 19 plies
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5#
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