Scotch Game — opening family

53 catalogued lines · ECO C44–C45

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

Main continuations

exd4 · 46 Nxd4 · 3

All 53 lines

Name	ECO	Main line length
Scotch Game	C44	5 plies
Scotch Game	C44	6 plies
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation	C44	6 plies
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit	C44	7 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit	C44	7 plies
Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit	C44	7 plies
Scotch Game	C45	7 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined	C44	8 plies
Scotch Game: Benima Defense	C44	8 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense	C44	8 plies
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit	C44	8 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense	C44	8 plies
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation	C45	8 plies
Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation	C45	8 plies
Scotch Game: Classical Variation	C45	8 plies
Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation	C45	8 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation	C44	9 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation	C44	9 plies
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice	C44	9 plies
Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Fraser Variation	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Potter Variation	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Braune Variation	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation	C45	9 plies
Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit	C44	9 plies
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation	C44	9 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation	C44	10 plies
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Main Line	C44	10 plies
Scotch Game: Modern Defense	C45	10 plies
Scotch Game: Romanishin Variation	C45	10 plies
Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation	C45	10 plies
Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack	C44	11 plies
Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack	C45	11 plies
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation	C44	12 plies
Scotch Game	C45	11 plies
Scotch Game: Ghulam-Kassim Variation	C45	11 plies
Scotch Game: Mieses Variation	C45	11 plies
Scotch Game: Tartakower Variation	C45	11 plies
Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Millennium Variation	C45	12 plies
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation	C44	12 plies
Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation	C44	13 plies
Scotch Game: Meitner Variation	C45	13 plies
Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack	C45	13 plies
Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Blackburne Attack	C45	13 plies
Scotch Game: Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense	C45	14 plies
Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation	C45	17 plies
Scotch Game: Hanneken Variation	C44	18 plies
Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense	C44	18 plies
Scotch Game: Rosenthal Variation	C45	18 plies
Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate	C44	19 plies
Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation	C45	24 plies