• The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise Sopra...
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  • Yorkshire, England Scotch (band), an Italian disco/pop group during the 1980s Hopscotch, a children's game Scotch Game, a chess opening Scotch, a brand name...
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  • Chess Openings". "Scotch Game: Göring Gambit - Chess Openings". "Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit - Chess Openings". "Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Haxo Gambit...
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  • good game. If White plays quietly, Black will regroup with ...0-0, ...Re8, ...Bf8, and ...d6. If White plays 4.d4, the Scotch Four Knights Game arises...
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  • The Classical Variation of the Scotch Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 White has several...
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  • transpose into the Scotch Gambit after 4...exd4; however, this move order allows Black the option of 4...Bxd4, so if White wants a Scotch Gambit, 3.d4 is...
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  • Qh5!? gives White an improved version of the Steinitz Variation of the Scotch Game, since Black can never play ...Nb4, an important idea for White in the...
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  • e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense: 1. e4 e5...
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  • avoids the Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano (and other lines of the Italian Game), and the Scotch Game. The Petrov has been adopted by many of the world's leading players...
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    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 The move 7.Bb5 in the Scotch Game is associated with Paulsen's name, as the Paulsen Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...
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