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Scotch Game

ECO C44 · 70,259 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
52% White5% Draw43% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
exd461,41687.4%Scotch Game C44
d63,2594.6%
Nf61,6292.3%
d57161.0%
Nxd47081.0%Scotch Game: Lolli Variation C44
Bd66360.9%
f55160.7%
f62940.4%
Qf62610.4%
Qe71770.3%
Bc51560.2%
Bb4+1550.2%

A further 336 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 2... Nc6Scotch Game 3. d4

Other lines in this family

Scotch GameC44… 3... exd465,619Scotch GameC45… 3... exd4 4. Nxd437,486Scotch GambitC44… 3... exd4 4. Bc419,276Lolli VariationC44… 3... Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd411,312Classical VariationC45… 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc511,108Schmidt VariationC45… 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf65,937Göring GambitC44… 3... exd4 4. c35,718Haxo GambitC44… 3... exd4 4. Bc4 Bc55,563Scotch Gambit, Advance VariationC44… 3... exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e54,434Göring Gambit, Double Pawn SacrificeC44… 3... exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc42,306

All 33 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.