C45

Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation

Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 9 named lines that continue it, such as Scotch Game: Modern Defense, Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack, Scotch Game: Fraser Variation, Scotch Game: Braune Variation, Scotch Game, Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation, Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation, Scotch Game: Rosenthal Variation.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.