The Scotch opening is a chess opening that fits in very well with the Rules for the opening from the previous series of chess lessons.
In short:
- Get a pawn in the centre
- Develop your minor pieces
- Move your King to safety
In the Scotch game it is not only White’s intention to accomplish these goals, but also to prevent Black doing the same. The purpose of the game is to reach an advantageous imbalance.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 The Scotch game. With the move d4 White imediately attacks Black’s pawn in the centre. Black’s normal continuation will be 3... exd4 The pawn has to be captured, because the alternatives are not very promising for Black:
3… Bd6 blocks Black’s own pieces
4. Nxd4 and now the only pawn in the centre is White’s. Black has to do something about this and will try to increase his influence on the centre. I mention three alternatives, of which I consider 4...Bc5 as the main variation, targeted at an attack of White’s pieces in the centre.
A less frequently played, but interesting alternative 4... Bb4+ but after 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Bc4 Nge7 8.O-O O-O I prefer to play with the White pieces.
More often played is the variation 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O d6 but I think that Black may have a slight advantage here.
In the next chess lesson we will learn why a pinned piece can not be counted as a defender, but if you first want to study another opening the Italian Game may be a nice lesson.
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December 28th, 2009 at 7:15 am
this good ..:)
and .. do u hace more information about scotch game ?? i wanna be professional in this opening ..:)i waana perfect in this opening .,.:)
December 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@ SaYoNaRa1878
You can find more information about this opening in e.g. “Some very short Scotch games”. You probably will also like the lessons about the Scotch Gambit.