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Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation

ECO C45 · 472 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3
50% White3% Draw47% Black
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What gets played next

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Bb444193.4%Scotch Game: Modern Defense C45

A further 31 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: Steinitz Variation 4... Qh4Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation 5. Nc3

Other lines in this family

Modern DefenseC45… 5... Bb4420Steinitz VariationC45…919Scotch GameC45…37,486Classical VariationC45… 4... Bc511,108Schmidt VariationC45… 4... Nf65,937Potter VariationC45… 4... Bc5 5. Nb31,629Classical Variation, Intermezzo VariationC45… 4... Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf61,495Mieses VariationC45… 4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e51,060Malaniuk VariationC45… 4... Bb4+474Blumenfeld AttackC45… 4... Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5257

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.