Chess Openings- Scotch Game 

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Hello 11 years later

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What is the joke here?

​@@sonnyobrien Look up the Pogchamps match between xqc and critical

I think that's the way GM Ben Finegold plays against the Scotch Game

I think the idea is that black cannot castle leaving his king in a bad position and he isn't as developed as white.

I get an uneasy feeling playing white in that position as well. He did say that white should win the majority of the time with accurate play. So a win is not guaranteed. It all depends on accurate play.

@@williamburch1779 True, that usually provides time to initiate an attack against which the underdeveloped side finds hard defending against.

This is why nobody will remember your name

​@@Nick2014B What do the dead get from having their names remembered?

Appreciate the continued kind words, Dan.

I've also been playing the Italian a lot, and I don't like it either. I'm gonna try the scotch and see how it goes.

I feel like the majority of his videos, he favours white, or gives white more lines to "break through".

Maria Simarro Yeah i was wondering why he didny cover that. Usually instead of white knight taking on c6. They usually play Nb3. And all is well?

Thats a good move! instead of capturing with the b pawn

Exactly that's I throw my black bishop to e3 and if he fucks up and makes a developing move I win the Bishop after nxnc6

@@ameenamohamed942 be3 is a cool little trap some times.if they dont take

@@NoTv10 It does not win a Knight because that knight that's about to die already gain 3 points. If he plays Queen F6, White can play Queen D2.

Yes, that is why 4. Nxc6 is weak after 3... Bc5. No matter what White does about the mate threat, black can give him some sort of weakness. This is why I play 3...Bc5 as black, and why I won't play 4. Nxc6 as white. 4. Bd3 is much better.

I've been playing the Scotch as white for almost two years now, and I certainly agree with you about it being a Patzer Killer. I have a database in Fritz of all of my tournament games, and I have a sub-category of about two dozen games that I call "How Not to Play Against the Scotch," all games that I've won because my opponents played inaccurately in the first few moves.

At that time chess engine were not that strong Nowadays engine might be showing Qe5+

what about the e5 pawn then ;)

Best move for white after that is to simply castle. I'm not saying I know the lines or have planned moves after that, but looking at it the board from whites point of view I wouldn't mind playing it out. My king's castle'd, Black has his queen out into play.... possibly getting attacked, and he's probably going to lose tempo by trying to castle himself.... Qf6 isn't a blunder, and it keeps things equal.... but if I'm white it's a move I'm going to try and take advantage of at some point.

Ed Schillenger Maybe my example isn't the best way for black, check out 5. ...Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 and then 7. ...Qe7 looks very good for black. White has a problem with the bishop on c1, and has to move the queen too. So after all it's a sharp game with good possibilities for both sides. On fast games you can castle queenside after white has castled and that is very annoying.

I actually figured out this line my self! its a very nice line

qqoowwii100 if white pulls back the knight to d4 after Qf6 then black can just capture the knight there with the bishop (which is now protected by the Queen) and black still has the mate threat.

Nxe5

Lose pawn

Glad you think so!

Are you talking about at 4:50 where *black* could move his Q to defend c7 after Nb5? He could go back one to Qe5 to defend c7, but then the queen could get kicked by f4, leaving no defense for c7 and white would land the fork to be up roughly +3.

You could then win the e5 pawn, and after your knights chased away, the black knight is undeveloped. Still should be an advantage for white.