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

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Scotch 4...Bc5: queen to e2 or d2? A few months ago I started wondering about the 4…Bc5 line, which I favour as Black, and the particular variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Bc5 5.Nc6 Qf6. Now all the books give 6.Qd2, Kasparov’s... Started 01/31/06 at 13:40:34 by Justin Horton(Guest) (Guest)	0	1971	01/31/06 at 13:40:32 By: Justin Horton(Guest) (Guest)
The Scotch 7....b6! What white can do after this very good move.... 1. e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3. d4 exd4 4. cxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6! Has white found something ? Started 10/02/05 at 12:02:11 by piefr1 (Guest)	3	2998	11/06/05 at 09:28:41 By: piefr1 (Guest)
Scotch Dear All, Just seen that Emms ' s book on the Scotch is now for sale from the London Chess Centre. I was a bit disappointed that it's a starting out book rather than say a book like Wells.<b... Started 09/26/05 at 07:10:11 by Andrew Brett (Guest)	1	2199	09/26/05 at 13:21:51 By: Alvaro
Searching for "The Scotch Game" by Wells I am looking for a used copy of "The Scotch Game" by Peter Wells (1998), which is out of print. If anyone knows where to get a copy (already tried the usual suspects like ebay, amazon, abebooks etc.) ... Started 04/28/05 at 04:06:32 by Rainbird	3	3698	05/06/05 at 16:25:05 By: Paul Cumbers
The Scotch For Knights In the Scotch Four Knigts (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4) I like to play 4 ... Bb4!? This side steppes the Scotch Four Knights proper and the Belgrade. Now isn't that cute? I can see ... Started 03/11/05 at 12:08:22 by CheckMate (Guest)	1	2427	03/15/05 at 08:07:45 By: Markovich
Scotch books. I saw on everyman chess site that John Emms is coming out with a starting out: the scotch game in August of 2005, also in that same month I.M. Gary Lane is coming out with the scotch game explained by... Started 03/14/05 at 19:39:39 by Teyko	1	2440	03/15/05 at 03:56:40 By: TalJechin
What about the scotch??? Hi to all! I was wondering why people like Nataf, or Sutovsky (ie, attacking players) do play the Scotch. I knox it leads to open positions that might suit them, but, to my understanding, most of... Started 11/07/04 at 04:25:51 by krugman	0	2151	11/07/04 at 04:25:50 By: krugman
4...Qh4!? in the Scotch I recently started to play 1...e5 against 1.e4. As you must know, there is a lot of work, especially since i decided to play the Archangel/Moller variation against the spanish. So, i've decided ... Started 02/25/03 at 04:15:35 by Le_Clown	9	13120	03/23/04 at 19:22:00 By: MNb
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	4162	07/24/08 at 15:00:02 By: Strategy_Rules
The Modernized Scotch Game - Pavlovic Milos Pavlovic – The Modernized Scotch Game – A Complete Repertoire for White and Black. Thinkers Publishing 2019. Just published from Thinkers Publishing, from what I read in the free PDF excer... Started 11/01/19 at 13:16:38 by grandpatzer	5	10206	12/29/19 at 14:54:28 By: Jonathan Tait
Is 3. ... Nxd4 in the Scotch playable? Hello, I was wondering if after 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 black does have such a bad position. If it worked it would probably a great way to avoid some tricky lines like the Scotch gambit or ... Started 07/18/08 at 21:12:36 by Q	3	4014	07/19/08 at 03:03:39 By: kylemeister
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	19096	11/18/10 at 10:16:28 By: MNb
Book about 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 line Is there any fairly recent book analyzing in detail the 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 line? I mean this particular flavor of" Scotch Gambit", especially the line 4...Bc5 5.c3 Started 01/22/17 at 12:55:15 by grandpatzer « Pages 1 2 3 all »	43	40502	07/13/21 at 20:38:03 By: Sandman
Scotch gambit Hi Ive been looking at this line 1.e4, e5 2.Nf3, Nc6 3.d4, exd4 4.Bc4, Nf6 5.e5, d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4, Bd7 8.Bxc6, bxc6 9.O-O, Bc5 10.Ng5, 11.f4, Ne6 12.c3 ... with the idea of f5 f6 so i think b... Started 07/30/04 at 15:09:55 by lil_jimmy « Pages 1 2 all »	18	16269	08/08/06 at 00:15:14 By: Markovich
The Scotch Hi All After the moves 1,e4 e5 2,Nf3 Nc6 3,d4 exd4 4,Nxd4 Bc5 5,Nxc6 Qf6 the move 6, Qf3!? seems to be a very annoying move for Black to face. Indeed this move has been recommended in The Scotch ... Started 04/24/10 at 22:21:13 by akita	3	3810	04/25/10 at 11:22:05 By: akita
C47: Kramnik's 10.h3 in Scotch 4 Knights 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O and now I cannot understand what all the fuss is about Kramnik's 10.h3. There was an article about this, tr... Started 05/02/13 at 18:21:41 by Markovich « Pages 1 2 all »	18	30091	08/17/13 at 14:02:50 By: Daniel
scotch 4 knights Hi everyone, Has anyone already read John Emms' Starting Out the Scotch Game? Does it cover the Scotch 4 Knights to some extent? Pinski's The Four Knights does of course, but the reviews weren'... Started 09/20/05 at 10:39:06 by mad_knight	4	4113	09/22/05 at 15:27:35 By: mad_knight
Scotch 4...Bc5 Just a question, since this has been my preferred response to the Scotch since taking up 1...e5 against 1.e4 from time to time. I notice that in most recent threads relating to the Scotch the focus h... Started 11/05/08 at 23:17:05 by SWJediknight	0	2032	11/05/08 at 23:17:04 By: SWJediknight
C44: How to spike the scotch against club players I am looking for your weapons of choice when it comes to surprising the unexpected club player (rated in the 2000's) playing the scotch. If it is of any help, against the ...Nb6 Mieses variation ... Started 08/12/10 at 09:05:01 by JhF	5	4614	08/15/10 at 12:29:59 By: TalJechin
The Scotch Endgame I am thinking of playing the Scotch, however it seems that then I have to deal with the following endgame: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. ... Started 09/08/09 at 05:41:44 by F22	2	3791	11/06/09 at 18:33:53 By: Paddy

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