Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
The Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice is a chess opening classified as ECO C44, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4. It is a line of the Scotch Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,040 times by this move order. White won 57%, 3% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 5… cxb2 (35% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.09 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 5… Bb4 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6)
- ECO
- C44
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 954 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,804 | |
| 2000+ | 282 | |
| All | 3,040 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… cxb2 | 1,071 (35%) | |
| 5… d6 | 408 (13%) | |
| 5… h6 | 384 (13%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 361 (12%) | |
| 5… Bb4 | 209 (7%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 162 (5%) | |
| 5… Be7 | 118 (4%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 67 (2%) |
Master games
135 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 12%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2615) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2697) 1/2-1/2 · Bundesliga 2022-23 · 2023-03-18
- IM Douglas Root (2469) – GM Gregory Kaidanov (2563) 1-0 · ch-USA Seniors 2023 · 2023-07-23
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2627) – IM Robert Baskin (2390) 1-0 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 13 · 2020-06-13
Search all games of the Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- HighQualityO (2695) – slouuurps (2669) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Lacaluit (2528) – Oatmeal91 (2595) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- EliseyG10 (2451) – bsmail (2447) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
Continuations
- Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4
More Scotch Game lines (all)
- Scotch Game (2… Nc6 3. d4) C44
- Scotch Game (3. d4 exd4) C44
- Scotch Game: Benima Defense C44
- Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation C44
- Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense C44
- Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Main Line C44
- Scotch Game: Hanneken Variation C44
- Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit C44
- Scotch Game: Lolli Variation (3. d4 Nxd4) C44
- Scotch Game: Lolli Variation (4… exd4 5. Qxd4) C44
- Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit C44
- Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit C44
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.