ECO C45: Scotch Game
ECO C45 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 28 named lines under it.
The shortest is Scotch Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4.
That position has come up in 25,538,213 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.9%, 5.3% were drawn and Black won 43.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Game | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 |
25.5M | 4 moves |
| Scotch Game: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 |
7.3M | 4 moves |
| Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ |
288K | 4 moves |
| Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 |
3.8M | 4 moves |
| Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 |
715K | 4 moves |
| Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5 |
27K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Braune Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be3 |
13K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Fraser Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3 |
13K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 |
43K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf5 |
1,872 | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Potter Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 |
821K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 |
348K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 |
1.1M | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Modern Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 |
323K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game: Romanishin Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ |
13K | 5 moves |
| Scotch Game | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 |
1,966 | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 |
168K | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Ghulam-Kassim Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd3 |
143K | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Mieses Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 |
715K | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Tartakower Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 |
16K | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Millennium Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 |
46K | 6 moves |
| Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Blackburne Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 |
39K | 7 moves |
| Scotch Game: Meitner Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 |
29K | 7 moves |
| Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 |
127K | 7 moves |
| Scotch Game: Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Nd8 |
34 | 7 moves |
| Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 |
108 | 9 moves |
| Scotch Game: Rosenthal Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qg6 |
37 | 9 moves |
| Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 |
23 | 12 moves |