Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit
ECO: C44Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit
The Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit is a line of the Scotch Game, catalogued under ECO code C44 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4, 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.
Where the line goes next
- Scotch Game: Haxo GambitC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London DefenseC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance VariationC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt VariationC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5
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: 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
- Scotch Game: Malaniuk VariationC45 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+