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Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack

ECO C44 · 106 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5
49% White1% Draw50% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
O-O5450.9%
Qf62422.6%

A further 28 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: Scotch Gambit 4. Bc4Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit 4... Bc5Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation 5. Ng5Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack 6. Qh5

Other lines in this family

Scotch Gambit, Sarratt VariationC44…1,114Haxo GambitC44…5,563Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen VariationC44… 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4180Scotch GambitC44…19,276Scotch Gambit, Advance VariationC44… 4... Nf6 5. e54,434Scotch Gambit, London DefenseC44… 4... Bb4+1,769Scotch GameC44…65,619Scotch GameC45… 4. Nxd437,486Classical VariationC45… 4. Nxd4 Bc511,108Schmidt VariationC45… 4. Nxd4 Nf65,937

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.