As White

Scotch Game · Advanced

Opens the centre quickly. Great for tactical players who want to avoid the Italian and the Ruy López.

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 8...Qe7

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Nxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Qf6 8.e5 Qe7 9.Nc3 d6 10.Nd5 dxe5 11.Qc3 Qd6 12.Nxc7+ Kf8 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nxa8

2. 5.Qxd4 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.e5

3. Classical Variation · 5.Be3 Nxd4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Nxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Qf6 8.e5 Qb6 9.Qxb6

4. 5.Qxd4 Qf6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 Qf6 6.e5 Qb6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Nc3

5. Classical Variation · 8.O-O d5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Qa4

6. Schmidt Variation · 8.g3 a5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.g3 a5 9.Bg2

7. Schmidt Variation · 6.e5 Nd5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Nd5 7.c4 Nb6 8.Be3 Bb4+ 9.Nd2

8. Schmidt Variation · 8.g3 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.g3 d6 9.c4 Nb6 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.O-O

9. Schmidt Variation · 8.g3 g6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.g3 g6 9.Bg2 Bg7 10.c4 Ba6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2

10. Classical Variation · 8.O-O d6

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nxc6

11. Classical Variation · 5.Be3 Bb6

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Qd3