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Against the Scotch Game
You play Black · 38 variations
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10 positions: find the next theory move in each. No take-backs, no hints.
Main variations · 14
- Classical VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc54 moves
- Classical Variation, Millennium VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg66 moves
- Classical Variation, Intermezzo VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf65 moves
- Schmidt VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf64 moves
- Mieses VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e56 moves
- Steinitz VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc35 moves
- Scotch GambitC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc44 moves
- Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg46 moves
- Scotch Gambit, Kingside VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng45 moves
- Scotch Gambit, Advance VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e55 moves
- Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit DeclinedC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d54 moves
- Göring GambitC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c34 moves
- Göring Gambit, Main LineC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb45 moves
- Göring Gambit, Bardeleben VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb46 moves
Other variations · 24
- Alekhine GambitC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e55 moves
- Benima DefenseC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd44 moves
- Blumenfeld AttackC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb56 moves
- Braune VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be35 moves
- Cochrane VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e57 moves
- Cochrane-Shumov DefenseC441. 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 d59 moves
- Fraser VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf35 moves
- Ghulam-Kassim VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd36 moves
- Gottschall VariationC451. 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 Nb412 moves
- Hanneken VariationC441. 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 Nxe59 moves
- Horwitz Attack, Blackburne VariationC451. 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. Qxd29 moves
- Lolli VariationC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd45 moves
- Malaniuk VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+4 moves
- Meitner VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc27 moves
- Modern DefenseC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb45 moves
- Napoleon GambitC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc45 moves
- Paulsen, Gunsberg DefenseC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Nd87 moves
- Paulsen VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf55 moves
- Relfsson GambitC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb54 moves
- Romanishin VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+5 moves
- Rosenthal VariationC451. 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 Qg69 moves
- Sea-Cadet MateC441. 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#10 moves
- Tartakower VariationC451. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd26 moves
- Vitzthum AttackC441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh56 moves