Scotch Game

53 named lines, ECO C44–C45. The main position arises after1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.

Line	Games	White / draw / Black
Scotch Game (2… Nc6 3. d4) C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4	261,784	53%43%
Scotch Game (3. d4 exd4) C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4	200,749	52%43%
Lolli Variation (3. d4 Nxd4) C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4	4,960	55%40%
Scotch Game (3… exd4 4. Nxd4) C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4	122,999	52%44%
Göring Gambit C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3	11,832	55%41%
Relfsson Gambit C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5	365	50%45%
Scotch Gambit C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4	45,486	54%43%
Benima Defense C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4	2,869	50%45%
Classical Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5	27,232	50%46%
Haxo Gambit C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5	9,910	56%40%
Malaniuk Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+	1,726	52%43%
Schmidt Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6	15,516	47%48%
Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4	8,821	51%45%
Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5	955	48%47%
Scotch Gambit, London Defense C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+	4,098	53%44%
Steinitz Variation (4. Nxd4 Qh4) C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4	2,167	43%52%
Alekhine Gambit C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5	323	39%57%
Braune Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be3	50	52%42%
Fraser Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3	46	48%50%
Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4	3,040	57%40%
Horwitz Attack C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5	86	59%34%
Lolli Variation (4… exd4 5. Qxd4) C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4	3,663	55%40%
Napoleon Gambit C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4	60	57%42%
Paulsen Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf5	10	40%20%40%
Potter Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3	2,806	53%43%
Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5	6,473	50%46%
Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5	1,296	55%41%
Steinitz Variation (4… Qh4 5. Nc3) C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3	944	43%52%
Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6	3,152	44%52%
Göring Gambit, Main Line C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4	2,446	58%38%
Modern Defense C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4	857	42%53%
Romanishin Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+	36	64%25%
Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4	670	58%39%
Scotch Game (5… Bb4+ 6. Bd2) C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2	6	50%17%33%
Blumenfeld Attack C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5	325	64%32%
Ghulam-Kassim Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd3	768	53%42%
Mieses Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5	2,544	48%46%
Tartakower Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2	76	53%45%
Vitzthum Attack C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5	94	52%47%
Classical Variation, Millennium Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6	92	46%49%
Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4	47	64%34%
Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4	55	42%56%
Classical Variation, Blackburne Attack C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2	74	50%47%
Cochrane Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5	6	50%50%
Meitner Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2	36	61%36%
Paulsen Attack C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5	258	46%48%
Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Nd8	–
Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2	–
Cochrane-Shumov Defense C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5	15	53%14%33%
Hanneken Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5	1	100%
Rosenthal Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qg6	–
Sea-Cadet Mate C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5#	1	100%
Gottschall Variation C45 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4	–