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Scotch Game for Black

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO C45–C47

Scotch Game, Four Knights Transposition (C47)

Line progress5/18

Meet the Scotch directly. Capturing keeps the center honest and avoids the passive ...d6 setup that shuts in the bishop.

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All lines in this course

ECO C45–C47

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Scotch Game, Four Knights TranspositionSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5

  2. Scotch Game, Mieses b3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 a5

  3. Scotch Game, Mieses Nc3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. b3 a5

  4. Scotch Game, Mieses Nd2

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6

  5. Scotch Game, Mieses g3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. g3 Qe6