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Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack

ECO C45 · 170 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5
48% White7% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
O-O6135.9%
a62414.1%
Nxd4137.6%
Bb6127.1%

A further 60 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: Paulsen Attack 7. Bb5

Other lines in this family

Blumenfeld AttackC45… 6. Nb5257Classical 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.