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The Sizzling Scotch Gambit

The Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4!?) is a brazen yet utterly sound system for White who immediately opens up the position, by sacrificing a central pawn, in an attempt to assassinate the enemy king as quickly as possible. The sheer number of ways Black can mishandle the position after merely four moves makes this system a weapon that should be part of any first player’s repertoire if they enjoy highly tactical, dynamic positions full of initiative and attacking possibilities. As with any opening, if Black knows his theory he should emerge with a completely satisfactory position. Yet even at the elite level there have been a number of casualties, making this an opening that should absolutely be a part of any attacking player’s arsenal.

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Sample video

Contents

  • 01: Intro [02:45]
  • 02: 4...Bb4 - Video analysis [10:58]
  • 03: 4...Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 - Video analysis [15:25]
  • 04: 4...Nf6 5.e5 d5 - Video analysis [17:12]
  • 05: 4...Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 - Video analysis [09:06]
  • 06: 4...Bc5 Intro - Video analysis [06:14]
  • 07: 4...Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 - Video analysis [13:17]
  • 08: 4...Be7 - Video analysis [06:10]
  • 09: Outro [01:40]
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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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