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

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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	8586	12/16/12 at 18:07:19 By: barnaby
C45: The Scotch Game by Barsky According to german distributor Niggemann (www.schachversand.de) a new book from chess-stars will be out before chrismas (so far no information on www.chess-stars.com) The Scotch Game for White by IM Vladimir Barsky<br ... Started 12/09/09 at 11:23:14 by tracke « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	50	77210	12/16/12 at 17:43:38 By: Smyslov_Fan
C45: Gutman's Yearbook Survey on 4...Qh4 Hi all, In Yearbook 103 Lev Gutman wrote a survey on 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Qh4, focusing on 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Qe4 7.Ndb5 Bc3 8.bc3 Kd8 9.0-0 Nf6 and stated that 10.Be3 was one of White's... Started 09/26/12 at 15:18:17 by TN	8	9431	10/03/12 at 18:34:14 By: Stefan Buecker
C47: The Scotch Four Knights In the Scotch Four Knights (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4) I like to play 4 .. Bb4!? This side steppes both the Scotch Four Knights proper and the Belgrade and the white players... Started 03/11/05 at 12:03:43 by CheckMate (Guest) « Pages 1 2 all »	17	23970	09/26/12 at 06:16:06 By: TN
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	26247	09/17/12 at 20:52:15 By: tony37
C45: Scotch: book advising w/o significant games I stumbled recently over a book recommendation where I didn't find significant reference games to so far?! Have a look at move 12.Bh3...--what do you think about this White's riposte? http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf%26quot;%20width%3D%26quot;1...;">Download game in pgn format Started 06/30/12 at 13:06:47 by Caissafan	0	2035	06/30/12 at 13:06:46 By: Caissafan
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	5590	04/15/12 at 11:20:22 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	9542	12/23/11 at 08:40:02 By: Kubi
C45: Question on the Three Knight/Scotch I had a game this weekend that leads to a question. In Dangerous Weapons: 1 e4 e5, the section on Livening up the Three Knights and Scotch, I have a question about the timing of Nxc6. Columb... Started 08/22/11 at 11:56:44 by DieHardMetsFan	2	3183	08/23/11 at 08:00:15 By: NeverGiveUp
C45: Beating the Scotch Gambit? Hello, I'm a 1..e5 noob, i didn't play it for many years and now i would like to resurrect it, my elo is 1800+. My new friends at the chess club usually play the Scotch Gambit and i would li... Started 09/26/09 at 22:59:13 by Devilman « Pages 1 2 3 all »	38	39188	06/23/11 at 17:16:25 By: Fllg
C45: Nf6 in Scotch, other lines? I'm learning the Scotch from Gustafsson's DVD. It starts the main line after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5 Qe7 7 Qe2. Are there any other lines by white that I need to b... Started 04/06/11 at 12:41:57 by gwnn	4	5132	04/12/11 at 09:03:21 By: MartinC
Scotch Gambit thread? I'm sorry in advance if this post is inappropriate. I started my first thread on a "simple Scotch sideline" in the wrong forum (the Spanish section) by accident. I got a lot of nice answers and I want... Started 04/05/11 at 10:46:56 by gwnn	2	3336	04/05/11 at 13:48:37 By: gwnn
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	9385	02/28/11 at 23:15:18 By: George Jempty
C44-C45: The year of the Scotch? As many of you may have recognized - Wijk aan Zee is a part of Scotland at the moment! Playing 1.e4 the guys in Group A don't go for the Ruy Lopez but the Scotch instead - thinking this is good for Wh... Started 01/17/11 at 10:58:08 by Matemax	2	3257	01/18/11 at 01:13:40 By: TN
C44 (and C45): 3...Nxd4 in the Scotch I've been thinking about changing my approach against the Scotch, and have come across the move 3...Nxd4. I'm not about to take it up, but would be interested to know a bit more about it. From W... Started 01/07/11 at 19:48:13 by WillT	4	4261	01/09/11 at 04:28:33 By: whatteaux
C44: Offbeat Scotch Gambit This thought is something of a ‘luxury’ as Black is not exactly short of decent counters to the Scotch Gambit, but I’ve been wondering about 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 ed 4 Bc4 d6!?. Glenn Flear mentioned... Started 11/03/06 at 14:36:39 by Michael Ayton « Pages 1 2 3 all »	31	28504	10/01/10 at 01:55:32 By: MNb
Why is the Scotch so strange? On the surface, it seems that by being the most open open game, the Scotch should be simple. It's cousin, the Scotch 4 knights, is a fairly simple open game. When I look at the mainline Scotch thoug... Started 01/22/10 at 14:34:58 by sharpplay « Pages 1 2 all »	17	15958	01/31/10 at 13:00:47 By: sharpplay
Scotch leads to equality Black has forced equality in the Scotch. 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. Qc3 Ne7 10. Bc4 Qc6 11. O-O b6 followed by ...Bb7. I wonder w... Started 10/06/09 at 02:12:58 by BobbyDigital80	7	5876	11/06/09 at 15:18:35 By: Kubi
C45 monograph A friend told me that not long ago the C45 monograph was published. I was planning to buy it but there is no printed version (was one available when they published it?). Has anyone bought an electroni... Started 09/07/09 at 01:47:10 by F22	4	4805	09/26/09 at 23:11:32 By: Kopperhed
Question on a line in Mieses (Scotch C45) After: 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.b3 Qh4 what does the current theory say? Started 07/25/09 at 11:39:53 by F22	0	1704	07/25/09 at 11:39:51 By: F22

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