The Scotch Game - Chess Openings Explained 

2:27 Göring Gambit (4. c3) 5:37 Scotch Gambit (4. Bc4) 10:01 Main Line, 4... Bb4+ 12:33 Main Line, 4... Bc5; Magnus Carlsen vs. Peter Leko (2009) 31:02 Main Line, 4... Nf6; Garry Kasparov vs. Etienne Bacrot (2000)

I love this channel.

I love how he gets less and less nervous as he talks ❤

Great work, Jonathan! Explaining "side-lines" that are good for beginner/intermediate practical or blitz games is much more interesting than only seeing deep, engine-optimized GM lines that require perfect memorization.

I kinda like this guy. He's straightforward, to the point and doesn't go off on tangents. I'll throw my hat into the ring and suggest maybe the Grunfeld?

"Some people like to be better for a long time" such a Finegold-like comment

Great lecture, looking forward to more of these :)

Whoo! I actually requested this one. Seeing this is an early Christmas present.

Thanks for the enjoyable and insightful presentation

thanks Jonathan your lectures are straight to the point and very informative. good joob

Nice series, really like this opening. Compliments to Jonathan for talking slower and being more relaxed wich really helps to enjoy it more. Keep up the great lessons and continue to slow down the talking! Looking forward to the 2016 series.

this truely is a great educational video on the scotch as it goes into a lot of opening and middlegame ideas instead of just focusing heavily on theory.

Amazing Job!! Many thanks to this channel!!

This was wonderful. Thank you for posting. Would love to see a video on the Queen's gambit and the related Albin Counter gambit.

Thank you for another great video.

Love this series

thanks i been playing the scotch a lot. this gives me a lot of ideas. great video .

When you said "they mostly don't know what to do" that's so true! I intend to make it my main opening for awhile since it seems solid and has some life. Also gluttonously it's my word of the day

Awesome lecture!

It's 2020 :) thank you for teaching a newbie how to play this opening :). Love your content. Keep it coming

Immediately destroyed by the legend, Moist Cr1tikal.

My favourite opening, thanx!

I would love a video on the Dutch, especially the stonewall variation from Black's point of view.

Most interesting, thank you!

"Some people don't like losing positions." Oh really?

Some say that driking scotch while playing this openings give you better chance, is it true?

To anyone asking about the en passant move at 35:42: if exf6+ Kf7 (Black is now threatening to play Re8 next, putting white's queen in an absolute pin). After Qd3 (avoiding the pin), Re8+, and Kd1 black could then capture Nf6, but an even better move is Ne3+! with the idea of playing d5 (taking advantage of the bishop on a6 pinning the c4 pawn to the queen) and suffocating white on the queenside. There is another variation where instead of playing d5 black plays Bc8 but it is less intuitive (still worth looking into) either way black's idea is the same, take advantage of white's poorly placed king.

Great video

great video!

Please could you cover the Modern Scandinavian Defense, which is where you play Nf6 instead of Qxd5. Even though its not that popular could you go over it as a secret weapon to use?

Thanks for the masterpiece. Yet missed one amazing trap in the Scotch with the knight jumping to g5 and sacrificing itself on f7

no word for this channel and gj chess

thank you very much

Why would i use this if i can use the wooden sheild?

Can someone tell me what software they are using in these videos from sant louis chess club please?

thank you so much

Can the next be one the chigorin defense please?

6. Nb5 is actually a very interesting line "Blumenfeld Attack", if your oponent doesn't know theory he can say byebye. I actually beat an IM thanks to that :)

Loved it

the Steinitz variation with e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 exd4 Nxd4 Qh4 is very interesting for black against the scotch. wish it would have got some attention

thx Jonathan

Agresiva apertura con múltiples variantes de cálculo,con explicación estratégica dinámica y práctica gracias dé Cd Juárez Chihuahua México

There are a couple of openings I'd really like to see :). I REALLY like to fianchetto my bishops though... I'd love to see a video on the Pirc Defense!! Great video's, guys :)

At 35:46 when black moves F5 can't white take it with his e5 pawn en passant and check the king at the same time? Would this line be bad or good?

All these great discussions make me want to visit St. Louis. Who would have thought?

can some one explain why in the minute 35:42 white doesn't En Passant the pawn onF5?! I really want to know!

can u please go into the Moeller attack for black ( variation of the Roy Lopez)

I don't know if you will see this but, could you do a video on Rut Lopez Norwegian variation nightingale gambit

Can you suggest me a good book for opening oriented planning and development of chess games

I am beginner and have a question. At 21:15 minute, why not knight d5?

I have interest in Rui Lopez, the exchange variant. Congratulations for all those videos.

Do one on the classical French. All I have seen is variations so far of it.

HOLD UP! At 35:45, black can capture the just-moved f5 pawn with e5-to-f6 check -- winning for white. Someone please tell me if/how I'm wrong?

at 13:50 is QH4 possible too cause the next move is check and also winning knight

How about the wing gambit in the Sicilian defense?

Please explain me the catalan opening.

at 40:10 isn't the pawn on g6 hanging? if Rxg6 Rxg6 Bxf5+

In 40:13, if you take the g6 pawn with the rook, rook takes back and then you take the f5 pawn with the bishop, forking king and rook and getting two pawns.

Can you do a lecture about modern scandinavian defense please?

@ 35:46 wouldn't an (en passant) e5xf6+ be the best move for white?

why does the intro music sound like the hardest grim beat never used

please make a video on BLACKMAR DIEMER GAMBIT: ACCEPTED AND DECLINED AND IT'S DEFFERENT VARIATION. thank you !

Sicilian, Kan variation please!

12:17 i almost died! he slid it in smooth, what a float what a goat

pls do the wade variation of french defence

What would you recommend inreal?

The SLCC videos are great

ur amazing!!!.. any ideas for study plan???...

Hey Jonathan. I am just a lowly 1200 player but at 40:32 what stops white from playing Rxg6? If Rook takes then Bxf5 forking rook and king. So you get two pawns for a rook exchange.

Can someone explain why 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 it is bad for black to play Nxd4 ? I see this most often when I play the Scotch (I follow with 5. Qxd4). It's not one of the variations looked at in this video despite my games being replete with it. Thanks!

LOVE the Scotch!

at 35:44, doesn't ...f5 lose a piece to exf6+ followed by capturing the black knight?

Alapin Sicilian, Alekhine's Defense, Nimzowitch defense?

35:45 after pawn e5 why kasparov didnt take it en passant + check?

King´s Indian Defense please, including a game of Tal or Stein! :)

What if at 13:55 Qd5 and if Pxc6 ... Qxc5?

Chess is sometimes so challenging that I wish to change my hobby :-D

10:10 As White, I took the knight on D4, Black took back with his knight, I took back with the Queen, and then did not know what to do. I was stuck in the middle of the board with a Queen pointing at nothing and blocked by my own pawn on E4.

At 35:44 after f5 why no exf en passant with check?

At 22:53 does bishop e4 kicking the queen and then bishop d4 trapping the queen and the only way out is to block with th knight and then you take on e5 with pawn not win a piece

perhaps you should have also mentioned the Qh4 line briefly

Alapin Sicilian orr Alekhine's defence please?

If black takes the e pawn and white plays Nb5, black can insert Bxe3. When the smoke clears black loses the right to castle but ends up with two minor pieces for a rook as the knight on a8 cannot return to safety.

I'd be interested to see a video about the Traxler attack.

6:50 can someone explain how the "white is having all the fun"?

Scandi please

He is just killing that water. We should send him a case.

35.46 the move f5 is horrible isn't it? after a en passant checking move exf5+ black knight is traped

at 35:45 should white just take the pawn, e5->f6 x and check? Is there anything black can do to respond? I believe it's a great move! If not, could you please explain why?

At the 6:42 th position of this video where white threats blacks queen with his bishop, there how about playing Nxd4 instead of N e7???please consider it

Scotch is one of my favorite opening for white 😁

Can you please do one of following: Alapin/Smit mora line- e4c5 c3g6 d4cxd4 d5e5 (black) hyper accelarated dragon sideline- e4c5 Nf3g6 d4cxd4 Qxd4 Nf6 e5Nc6(black) Semi-slav Botvinik system (black) Semi-slav Meran(white) Albin contergambit(white) Queens indian(white)

What if black at 24:03 did Nh4, that would make for some interesting issues for white.

( I'm new to chess and do not go to a chess club) If I could play the Scotch Gambit very well. Why would I not play it in a rated game? The whole reason is too win so why would it be bad to play a way that the Cp thinks is not good? If you get rated after the pc would not every game be the same if you would want to reach max level?

can i be so bold as to ask for an in depth look into the Catalan?...please

Smith Mora gambit please.

Move 4 for white: Qxd4 - the Botez gambit

Suggestions: Kings Indian Attack, Rousseau gambit, Evans gambit accepted/declined

as far as i know the best is take only the second pawn but not the 3th. but even if you take a hard defense is immediately d6 threatening be6 if qb3 u play qd7 ka5 threatens. its hard for white breakthrough

In scotch gambit you the not play knight at d2,you play knight at c3 allowing for black to double your pawns,but that pawns will block black queenside