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Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack

ECO C45 · 257 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5
58% White5% Draw37% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bxe324294.2%

A further 15 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. d4Scotch Game 3... exd4Scotch Game 4. Nxd4Scotch Game: Classical Variation 4... Bc5Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack 6. Nb5

Other lines in this family

Paulsen AttackC45… 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5170Classical VariationC45…11,108Potter VariationC45… 5. Nb31,629Classical Variation, Intermezzo VariationC45… 5. Nxc6 Qf61,495Scotch GameC45…37,486Schmidt VariationC45… 4... Nf65,937Mieses VariationC45… 4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e51,060Steinitz VariationC45… 4... Qh4919Malaniuk VariationC45… 4... Bb4+474Steinitz VariationC45… 4... Qh4 5. Nc3472

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.