The Scotch Game is a very useful chess alternative for the Ruy Lopez that usually takes place with the first 2 moves. We will analyze the Scotch Game’s main lines and go over some of the key concepts that you should know when playing this game either as white or black.
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At 8:26, i would’ve just went to F6 with the Queen (black).
Thank you for showing me this
thanks for doing all these videos kevin these are an eternal help to the chess community especially has generations go on
God damn
Who’s here after Charlie’s win
scotch opening
THROBBING
Instructions unclear, lost in 6 moves PepeLaugh
I just wanna ask, why didnt the knight just take the queen at 4:37??
This is honestly my most hated opening. Scotch games take too long to set up before peices are taken ew
at 5:15 why doesnt black just take the g2 pawn and also attack rook/check? Yes his king gets forked but the knight that takes the rook is stuck there so basically useless at that point while the black queen can just get away?
5:02 why doesn't black move Qe5?
Kevin you're a legend
im rated 900 on chess.com i play scotch every game they always capture with the pawn followed by the knight like every time if they dont they develop their other knight or the bishop i never see h4
Awesome, I like Queen's Gambit with white, but I run into the Scotch all the time with black, so defending it seems tough with inevitable stacked pawns… ☹️
Nice
what happens if black takes queen trade with the knight instead of with the king?
can this also be played against philidor defense?
I realize you were just giving a basic overview, but after Black's Bc5 and White plays Nxc3, Black has an option other than the immediate recapturing at c3 with either the b or d-pawn – Qf6, threatening mate on f2. Then Black has third option to recapture at c6. But, still it's probably best to recapture with a pawn. But, for those who don't like doubling their pawns, this is an option.
I made that knight take mistake in the opening and lost on time to my friend. Never again.
Thank you!
If black doesn't capture the first pawn, is it a mistake to push the D pawn to attack their knight and take control of the center?
3:15
best move there for white is actually Qe5+
5:08
what keeps you from recapturing with the knight?
At 4:24, why can't white just unpin her knight with Bc2?
Good explanation.
Scotch Game: Throbbing Variation
Thank you
Do you know you any trap to respond 3…f6? I heard that there's a trap against f6 but I can't find it.
stockfish 10 says the full exchange in the middle with the queen on d4 is the best line
What would you do if black did Knight to f6 instead of knight to c6 at the beginning?
This was great.
Thank you.
But black can just capture the queen with the knight at the beginning
Looks like black queen to f6 is gold for a Scotch opening. Pins dark square white bishop, threatens checkmate with bishop on c5, and slows development of pawns because of threat of check on h4.
The knight can take when u take the qween
In this game I just played using the Scotch, black gets his bishop pinned against his other bishop.
https://varietygalore.boards.net/thread/2809/scotch-game
Bourbon game
02:08 or the knight could have captured the queen
why would black recapture queen with king when he could with knight and not lose castle? Also why move his king to stop the knight fork when he could move his queen back one square?
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Once the knight was took down by the queen
The possibilities of winning the game is higher
Is 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc64
3.d4 e*d4
4.N*d4 Bc5
5.N*c6 Qf6
posiible
Considering the moment at 7:11
After knight d4-e6 black bishop could move to f2 declaring check, then white king takes it, then black queen moves to f6. Even if white king wouldn't take the bishop the situation becomes quite bad for white.
I wonder why didn't you highlight this variant?))
The first time you said black couldn't castle… take with knight instead of king
why cant knight take instead of queen on d8 at 2:06?
Interesting
ngl first seconds i thought Halloween theme song was playing
1:55 They can recapture the Queen with their Knight. I am not sure that is the right play there.
Back after 14 years and damn I still use this
very informative, clear and positive. will try out.