Blunderbase

Scotch Game

The Scotch Game starts 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4. The opening book names 47 variations of it, under ECO C44 to C45.

The main line, move by move

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All 47 Scotch Game variations

  • C44Benima Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4
  • C44Cochrane Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5
  • C44Cochrane-Shumov Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5
  • C44Göring Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
  • C44Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4
  • C44Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
  • C44Göring Gambit, Main Line1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4
  • C44Hanneken Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5
  • C44Haxo Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5
  • C44Lolli Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C44Napoleon Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4
  • C44Relfsson Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5
  • C44Scotch Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4
  • C44Scotch Gambit, London Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+
  • C44Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5
  • C44Sea-Cadet Mate1. 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#
  • C44Vitzthum Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5
  • C45Alekhine Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5
  • C45Blumenfeld Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5
  • C45Braune Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be3
  • C45Classical Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
  • C45Classical Variation, Blackburne Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2
  • C45Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6
  • C45Classical Variation, Millennium Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6
  • C45Fraser Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3
  • C45Ghulam-Kassim Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd3
  • C45Gottschall Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4
  • C45Horwitz Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5
  • C45Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2
  • C45Malaniuk Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+
  • C45Meitner Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2
  • C45Mieses Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
  • C45Modern Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4
  • C45Paulsen Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5
  • C45Paulsen Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf5
  • C45Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Nd8
  • C45Potter Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3
  • C45Romanishin Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+
  • C45Rosenthal Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qg6
  • C45Schmidt Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
  • C45Steinitz Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C45Tartakower Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2

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