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Scotch Game [C45], Scotch Gambit [C44] & Scotch Four Knights [C47]

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C45: Scotch 4...Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 Hi everyone, I'm interested in the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 My problem is that I don't like playing against the Mieses after 4...Nf6 e5. Not that I believe ... Started 10/15/10 at 08:57:15 by Meat « Pages 1 2 all »	24	36925	07/09/23 at 06:40:22 By: Michael Ayton
C44-C45: Scotch repertoire - sources Hi guys! I'm looking for scotch repertoire books or DVDs from white perspective. I have foxy 94 from Andrew Martin but it's very superficial. Is there any other repertoire DVD devoted to this sub... Started 08/29/12 at 22:22:10 by Ender « Pages 1 2 all »	26	25132	09/17/12 at 20:52:15 By: tony37
C45: Sasikiran's Mieses GM Sasikiran doesnt seem to share Dembo & Palliser's opinion that the old line 8...Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 and long castling is too passive as he played it twice at the Aeroflot Open. The first game went ... Started 02/17/12 at 14:42:43 by spagh3tti	11	13628	05/17/13 at 14:56:33 By: Smyslov_Fan
C44: best books on scotch gambit I have been playing the scotch gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 for some time, mainly because that is the opening I studied most when I was a kid and never had the energy to move to something ... Started 11/15/10 at 20:49:12 by jeome	12	17837	11/18/10 at 10:16:28 By: MNb
C44: Scotch Gambit i search for book about the Scotch Gambit? thx loot Started 01/31/13 at 08:04:06 by loot	5	13772	03/01/13 at 19:31:04 By: Vass
C45: Scotch/Classical material geared toward Black Can anybody recommend to me some good material on the Classical Scotch (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5) geared toward the Black point of view? Marin's Beating the Open Games instead f... Started 04/15/12 at 01:16:47 by George Jempty	6	5347	04/15/12 at 11:20:22 By: George Jempty
Scotch with 4...Bc5 Hi ! I wonder which is the best way for black to go to an ending (exchange of queens) after: a) 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 b) 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 (In variation a) e.g. there is also this Tkac... Started 08/16/06 at 13:37:18 by Strategy_Rules	8	5691	09/19/06 at 22:31:03 By: Strategy_Rules
C45: Path to playability in Scotch 4...Qh4? I've seen the other thread regarding 4...Qh4 against the Scotch and then 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Qe4 7.Ndb5 Bc3 8.bc3 Kd8 9.0-0 Nf6. But I think I may have found a simpler path to playability for Black thoug... Started 12/15/12 at 22:53:08 by George Jempty	8	8264	12/16/12 at 18:07:19 By: barnaby
C44-C45: New Everyman Book on the Scotch Game Exciting new for Scotch enthusiasts - Everyman has announced a monster tome on the Scotch, covering the opening from (it seems) both side's perspective. The authors are Palliser and Dembo, in my opini... Started 02/23/11 at 10:28:31 by clickclick	8	9063	02/28/11 at 23:15:18 By: George Jempty
C45: Blumenfeld line of Scotch Opening The specific line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nb5!? (or maybe ?!) of Scotch Opening is called as Blumenfeld line probably because he was the first serious player to employ it be... Started 11/15/09 at 20:38:13 by Kubi	6	9117	12/23/11 at 08:40:02 By: Kubi
Good Scotch update: Dec 2007. There is a very useful discussion of the Scotch 4...Nf6 in this month's update. It's well worth the price of admission. Thanks, Tony. Started 12/27/07 at 16:34:53 by Markovich	3	3782	12/31/07 at 18:50:06 By: GMTonyKosten
New line used by Stockfish 7 in Berlin Gambit Theory goes 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5. Now here the normal continuation is 5. 0-0 as mentioned in Bologan's Black Weapons. But Stockfish 7 has come up with a new wrinkle here and throws... Started 01/31/16 at 13:21:49 by HagenWatch1	6	6633	01/31/16 at 22:11:50 By: AlanG
No-Scotch Kasparov Anyone know why Kasparov stopped playing the Scotch? Thanks in advance....-- Started 04/23/06 at 07:09:03 by Flea	8	6477	07/23/06 at 02:02:08 By: yzfool
Scotch Options against 4...Bc5.... Hello all, I don't really like playing the Ruy Lopez, and have taken up the Scotch recently as my main weapon against 1...e5, and was just wondering what everyone thinks of White's options again... Started 04/09/09 at 20:16:21 by TonyRo	5	5026	04/10/09 at 16:06:42 By: lnn2
scotch 5.Nf5 in the Scotch after: 1.e4e5 2.Nf3Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nf5 What is the black's best reply : 5...d6 ; 5...d5; 5...Qf6...? Please, give me your choice and the reason why you play th... Started 02/28/03 at 16:42:59 by dollkiller (Guest)	6	6277	04/19/08 at 02:06:22 By: Anonymous - Ex Member
Fantastic Game in the Scotch In case you missed it this summer: M.Ahn-T.Ruck, Belgium teams 2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.a4 [IMAGE] 9..Nxe4!!N 10.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 11.Ke2 Bg4+ 12.Kd3 Ne5+ 13.Kxe4 f5+ 14.Kd5 ... 0-1 Started 12/01/07 at 17:06:33 by LeeRoth	6	4520	12/08/07 at 07:28:53 By: OstapBender
Scotch Game Has anyone read the "Starting Out: the Scotch Game by Emms" and "The Scotch Game Explained" by Lane, Gary. I was wondering if anyone had any comments. Started 11/27/05 at 21:10:52 by Teyko	4	3660	02/27/06 at 04:14:48 By: Teyko
Is there a new fashion in the scotch ? Recently I tried the scotch (with white) in some internet blitz games, and again and again (yes, different players of course, so far as I know at least ) I got the same position (a rare line) on th... Started 07/23/08 at 12:53:26 by Strategy_Rules	4	4012	07/24/08 at 15:00:02 By: Strategy_Rules
The scotch game. Hello fellow chessplayers. In a few weeks i gotta give some kids a lesson about the scotch. They are all very young (10 years old or smth) but pretty talented. Since im a 1.d4 player (and i play svesh... Started 11/19/08 at 16:09:18 by Zatox	2	2913	11/19/08 at 16:52:30 By: Matemax
Starting Out: The Scotch -- powerful improvement Okay, I'm White in a correspondence game and I'm following a line in the book... 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nxc6 Bc5 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Be6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Na4 Bb4 11.c3 Bd6 ... Started 01/05/08 at 09:59:12 by CapaTal	4	4256	02/29/08 at 16:37:52 By: Anonymous - Ex Member

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