Chessmate

Four Knights Game · White

Scotch Main Line, ...c6 and Qf3 · White (C47)

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Four Knights Game · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C47–C48

Sample line with full explanations: Four Knights Spanish, Main Line.

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ECO C46–C47

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  1. Scotch Main Line, ...c6 and Qf3 · WhiteSample

    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 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3

  2. Scotch Main Line, Plans without ...c6 · White

    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 10. h3 Be6 11. Qf3 c5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5

  3. Scotch Main Line, ...O-O and ...Bg4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. dxc6

  4. Scotch 5...Bc5, Long Castling · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5

  5. Scotch Schmid Defense, e-File Gambit · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Bd3 Nxd4 8. O-O d5 9. Ng5 h6 10. Re1

  6. Scotch Krause Gambit, Qd3 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxe4 8. Qe3 Nd6 9. Bd3 f6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Bf4

  7. Scotch 4...d6, Closed Center · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bg5 a6 7. g3 Nfg8 8. Bg2

  8. Scotch 4...Bd6 Sideline · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bd6 5. d5 Ne7 6. a3 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd3 cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O-O

  9. Three Knights, 3...g6 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O

  10. Three Knights, 3...Bb4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 Bh5 10. Bb1

  11. Three Knights, 3...Bc5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f4

  12. Scotch, Punish 4...d5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. O-O Qd6 10. Re1

  13. Scotch, Punish 4...Nxd4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Be6 10. Kb1