ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 3.d4 · Black to move

Scotch Game

The list files 53 lines under the name Scotch Game, spread over two codes (C44–C45). C45 alone holds 28 of them. From the starting position of Scotch Game, the most-travelled continuation is 3...exd4, with 46 lines. The deepest, Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation, runs to 12...Nb4. At the end of 26 lines one side is ahead on material; 16 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4e5
2Nf3Nc6
3d4

Where the lines split

Forty-nine of the 53 lines continue from 3.d4; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other three reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 3...exd446
    1. 4.Nxd428
    2. 4.Bc410
    3. 4.c36
    4. 4.Bb51
  2. 3...Nxd43
    1. 4.Nxd42

Codes holding Scotch Game lines

Volume C

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
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CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
C44King’s Knight Opening: Normal Variation25Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate (19)
C45Scotch Game28Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation (24)

Longest Scotch Game lines

  1. Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation 24
  2. Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate 19
  3. Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense 18
  4. Scotch Game: Hanneken Variation 18
  5. Scotch Game: Rosenthal Variation 18
  6. Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation 17
  7. Scotch Game: Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense 14
  8. Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation 13