Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense
ECO: C44Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
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How it's played
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About the Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense
The Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense 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.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4, with Black 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
- Italian Game: Scotch GambitC56 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux VariationC56 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Double Gambit AcceptedC56 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside VariationC44 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ng4
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