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The Ultimate Scotch Gambit - A Repertoire for Aggressive and Positional Players

The Scotch Gambit is a favourite at club level, offering a rich blend of attacking and positional ideas. Whether you prefer sharp tactical battles, or a more controlled strategic approach, this video course gives you everything you need to master this dynamic opening.

Free video sample: Introduction

Free video sample: 4...Nf6 e5 Ne4 and 5...Ng4

Why Choose the Scotch Gambit?
✅ Versatile & Unpredictable – Choose between super-sharp attacking lines, or more positional alternatives, tailored to your playing style.
✅ Comprehensive Coverage – Learn how to fight against all of Black’s responses, with fresh updates and multiple options for White.
✅ Innovative Ideas – Even in well-known lines, Zwirs has uncovered new concepts to keep your play ahead of the competition.
✅ Modern & Classic Approaches – Some lines remain as strong as they were a decade ago, but new developments demand fresh strategies—all covered here!

Key Highlight – Beating 5…Ne4!
The Scotch Gambit remains a hot battleground, with Black constantly refining their defences. One critical line is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4, where Zwirs introduces cutting-edge ideas to counter Black’s setup effectively.

Who Should Get This Course?
🔹 1.e4 Players looking for a dynamic, aggressive opening.
🔹 Scotch Gambit enthusiasts, eager to refresh their repertoire with modern updates.
🔹 Players of All Styles – Whether you like tactical fireworks or controlled play, this course gives you the flexibility to choose your approach.

If you're looking to revamp your opening repertoire and surprise your opponents with powerful, modern ideas, The Ultimate Scotch Gambit is the perfect choice. Start dominating the board today!

Extensive training content and interactive exercises in ChessBase Books:
Solve exercises & and test your knowledge with the opening trainer.

  • Video running time: 3 hours 52 minutes
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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

The new ChessBase product installer:

  • A CB booklet contains all the information you need to install your product on your computer.
  • The booklet does not contain a DVD! Nevertheless, it takes up a valuable place in your DVD collection.
  • It contains comprehensive installation instructions and a serial number that unlocks your product for use.
  • You do not need a DVD drive for installation.
  • The booklet is a valuable contribution to environmental protection, it was produced without plastic.

    • Sample video

    Contents

    • 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4 - Introduction
    • 4...Nf6 5.e5
    • 5...Ne4 and 5...Ng4
    • 5...d5 6.Bb5 Nd7
    • 5...d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bd7
    • 5...d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bc5 8.Be3 0-0
    • 5...d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bd7
    • Repertoire Training
    • 4...Nf6
    • Practice Positions
    • Position 1
    • Position 2
    • Position 3
    • Position 4
    • Position 5
    • 4...Bc5 5.c3
    • 4...Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5
    • Sidelines
    • 6...d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2
    • 12...Bg6
    • 12...Nxc3
    • 12...Ba5
    • 12th move alternatives
    • Repertoire Training
    • 4...Bc5
    • Practice Positions
    • Position 1
    • Position 2
    • Position 3
    • Position 4
    • Position 5
    • Position 6
    • 4th move sidelines
    • Sidelines
    • 4...Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2/Nge7
    • 4...Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 Nf6/d6
    • 4...d6
    • 4...g6
    • Zwirs vs Oratovsky
    • Repertoire Training
    • 4th move alternatives
    • Practice Positions
    • Position 1
    • Position 2
    • Position 3
    • Position 4
    • Position 5
    • Position 6
    • Position 7
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    Scotch Game

    The opening known as the Scotch Game owes its name to a correspondence match played between the cities of Edinburgh and London between 1824 and 1828. In it, however, the Scots first had the black pieces and lost to 3.d4, but later took their revenge by successfully opening with 3.d4 with the white pieces. At the start of the 20th century interest in this direct method of play had noticeably waned, but then in 1990 no less a player than Garry Kasparov opened with the Scotch Game in the 14th game of his WCh match (Lyon/New York) against Anatoly Karpov at a moment when the scores were level. This brought the sleeping beauty of an opening back to life. This game was in fact drawn, but in his next game with White Kasparov repeated his “experiment” – and this time he was successful. The result was a boom in the Scotch. A whole host of top players rushed into the variation and what the day before had been considered old-fashioned was suddenly chic and modern.

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