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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotch Game

3 steps

Step 1 of 333%

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 — Open It Up!

The Scotch Game opens the center immediately with 3.d4! Unlike the Italian (3.Bc4) or Ruy Lopez (3.Bb5), the Scotch forces Black to deal with central tension right now. Garry Kasparov revived this opening in the 1990s!

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Lesson: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotch Game