Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation
ECO: C45Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nf5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
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About the Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation
The Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation is a line of the Scotch Game, catalogued under ECO code C45 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nf5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Scotch Game has 53 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Scotch Game
- Scotch GameC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- Scotch Game: Lolli VariationC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4
- Scotch GameC45 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
- Scotch Game: Göring GambitC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
- Scotch Game: Relfsson GambitC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5
- Scotch Game: Scotch GambitC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
- Scotch Game: Benima DefenseC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4
- Scotch Game: Classical VariationC45 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5