Scotch Game
Stockfish 16.1 · runs in your browser1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 · For White · ECO C44 to C45
The example line for Scotch Game is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4. Explore 53 saved positions and compare up to three engine continuations per position. The saved Stockfish 16 analysis reaches depth 16, with scores in pawns from White's perspective. Step through the opening on the board and try a continuation to explore the resulting position.
By Chessvia · Updated Oct 18, 2026
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Scotch Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
Black’s choices
Stockfish 16 · depth 16 · + favours White
White slightly better +0.32
Engine lines
After 3...exd4: 3...exd4
White slightly better +0.43
Play this line| Line | Moves | Engine check (+ favours White) | Board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Göring Gambit | 4.c3 | Level -0.20 | Play |
| Double Pawn Sacrifice | 4...dxc3 5.Bc4 | Black slightly better -0.44 | Play |
| Bardeleben Variation | 5...Nf6 6.Nxc3 Bb4 | Level +0.10 | Play |
| Main Line | 4...dxc3 5.Nxc3 Bb4 | Level -0.07 | Play |
| Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined | 4...d5 | Level -0.19 | Play |
| Sea-Cadet Mate | 4...dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.O-O Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Nd5# | Play | |
| Relfsson Gambit | 4.Bb5 | Black slightly better -0.43 | Play |
| Scotch Gambit | 4.Bc4 | Level -0.02 | Play |
| Haxo Gambit | 4...Bc5 | Level 0.00 | Play |
| Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation | 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 | Level -0.27 | Play |
| Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation | 5.Ng5 | Level -0.20 | Play |
| Cochrane-Shumov Defense | 5...Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d5 | Level +0.10 | Play |
| Vitzthum Attack | 5...Nh6 6.Qh5 | Black clearly better -1.08 | Play |
| London Defense | 4...Bb4+ | Level 0.00 | Play |
| Cochrane Variation | 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 Ba5 7.e5 | Black slightly better -0.96 | Play |
| Hanneken Variation | 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf6 8.Ng5 O-O 9.e5 Nxe5 | Level +0.25 | Play |
| After 4.Nxd4 | Level +0.20 | Play | |
| Classical Variation | 4...Bc5 | Level +0.27 | Play |
| Blumenfeld Attack | 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nb5 | Black slightly better -0.48 | Play |
| Blackburne Attack | 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 | Level +0.04 | Play |
| Gottschall Variation | 7...d5 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 O-O 10.Nxc7 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 | Black slightly better -0.65 | Play |
| Intermezzo Variation | 5.Nxc6 Qf6 | Level +0.17 | Play |
| Millennium Variation | 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Qg6 | White slightly better +0.30 | Play |
| Meitner Variation | 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2 | Level -0.27 | Play |
| Paulsen Attack | 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 | Level +0.11 | Play |
| Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense | 7...Nd8 | White slightly better +0.76 | Play |
| Potter Variation | 5.Nb3 | Level +0.26 | Play |
| Romanishin Variation | 5...Bb4+ | White slightly better +0.39 | Play |
| Malaniuk Variation | 4...Bb4+ | White slightly better +0.32 | Play |
| Schmidt Variation | 4...Nf6 | Level +0.10 | Play |
| Alekhine Gambit | 5.e5 | Black slightly better -0.71 | Play |
| Mieses Variation | 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 | Level +0.08 | Play |
| Tartakower Variation | 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2 | Level -0.03 | Play |
| Steinitz Variation | 4...Qh4 | White slightly better +0.70 | Play |
| Braune Variation | 5.Be3 | Level -0.05 | Play |
| Fraser Variation | 5.Nf3 | Level -0.05 | Play |
| Horwitz Attack | 5.Nb5 | White slightly better +0.30 | Play |
| After 6.Bd2 | 5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 | Level +0.20 | Play |
| Horwitz Attack, Blackburne Variation | 6...Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Kd8 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Qxd2 | Level -0.21 | Play |
| Rosenthal Variation | 6...Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Kd8 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Nxd2 Qg6 | White slightly better +0.38 | Play |
| Paulsen Variation | 5.Nf5 | Black slightly better -0.52 | Play |
| After 5.Nc3 | White slightly better +0.66 | Play | |
| Modern Defense | 5...Bb4 | White slightly better +0.73 | Play |
Benima Defense: 3...Be7 4.d4 exd4
White slightly better +0.56
Play this lineLolli Variation: 3...Nxd4
White slightly better +0.70
Play this lineScotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense: 3...Nf6 4.d4 exd4
Level -0.07
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