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Beat the Scotch: Schmidt - Scotch Gambit (4.Bc4)

Against 4.Bc4 (Scotch Gambit) you switch to 4...Nf6 and counter with the Ne4 idea. Covers 5.e5 Ne4, the Max Lange Attack with 5.O-O, 5.Nxd4, 5.Ng5, 5.c3, and 6.Qe2.

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Scotch Gambit (4.Bc4): position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Nxd6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6
Position after 11... Bf6

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

    White opens up the center and ignores our hanging pawn. They're counting on grabbing d4 later unless we force the issue with something sharp.

  2. 3... exd4

    We grab the free pawn. Anything else hands White a perfect center for nothing.

  3. 4. Bc4 Nf6

    Develops with purpose, eyeing the e4 square next. Our knight is heading straight for the center.

  4. 5. e5

    White kicks our knight but weakens the kingside. This pawn push actually helps us since d5 is coming.

  5. 5... Ne4

    We protect the knight cleanly and keep our extra pawn.

  6. 6. O-O

    White castles, getting the king to safety while we prepare Be7 and d5.

  7. 6... Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Nxd6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6

    Our pieces work together smoothly while White struggles to coordinate the attack.

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Nxd6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6

  2. 5. O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8. cxd4 d5 9. Bb5 O-O

  3. 5. O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Rxe4+ Be7 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Rf4 O-O

  4. 5. O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. c3 Rfe8

  5. 5. Nxd4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Bd3 Nc5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bf5 Bd6

  6. 5. Ng5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Kf1 Ne5 8. Qxd4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 h6 10. Nf3 Qc5

  7. 5. c3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. O-O d5

  8. 6. Bd5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd5 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6

  9. 6. Nxd4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxd4 Nxe5 7. Bb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1

  10. 6. Qe2

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. c3 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. d5 Ned4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd3 c5

  11. 6. c3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. c3 d5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. Bb3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Bg4

  12. 7. Bd5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7. Bd5 Nc5 8. Nxd4 O-O

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