Scotch Game

C45

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4

How it went

1,370 ours · 5,302 masters

White wins 45% Draws 20% Black wins 35%

Continuations

5

Scotch Game: Classical Variation C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 468 Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 76 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 635 Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 19 Scotch Game: Ghulam-Kassim Variation C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd3

Master games

Yu, Yangyi — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2014
Nakamura, Hikaru — Howell, David W L 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Giri, Anish — Andreikin, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Morozevich, Alexander — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 · 2018

Games in Spain

Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) — Andreikin,D (2724) 0-1
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Tsaruk,Maksim (2373) 1-0
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2696) — Shirov,A (2648) 0-1
Janaszak,Daw (2334) — Shirov,A (2693) 0-1
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2559) — Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2692) 0-1
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2692) — Shirov,A (2661) 1-0
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2683) — Shirov,A (2665) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2556) — Esipenko,Andrey (2682) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 exd4 Nxd4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, d4, exd4, Nxd4