Scotch Game

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Named variations of the Scotch Game

Our opening book catalogues 70 named variations in this family. Here they all are:

• Classical Variation
• Classical, Blackburne Attack
• Classical, Blackburne, Gottschall Variation
• Classical, Blumenfeld Attack
• Classical, Intermezzo Variation
• Classical, Meitner Variation
• Classical, Millennium Variation
• Classical, Paulsen Attack
• Classical, Paulsen, Gunsberg Defense
• Classical, Potter Variation
• Classical, Potter, Geller Variation
• Classical, Potter, Romanishin Variation
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange Attack
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange Attack Accepted
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Berger Variation
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Loman Defense
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Long Variation
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Long Variation, Rubinstein Variation
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Spielmann Defense
• Dubois Réti, Max Lange, Spielmann, Krause Variation
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Yurdansky Attack
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Canal Variation
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Janowski Defense
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit
• Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, de Rivière Defense
• Ghulam Kassim Variation
• Göring Gambit
• Göring Gambit Declined
• Göring, Double Pawn Sacrifice Variation
• Göring, Main Line
• Göring, Main Line, Bardeleben Variation
• Göring, Sea-Cadet Mate
• Lolli Variation
• Lolli, Cochrane Variation
• Lolli, Napoleon Gambit
• Malaniuk Variation
• Relfsson Gambit
• Schmidt Variation
• Schmidt, Alekhine Gambit
• Schmidt, Mieses Variation
• Schmidt, Tartakower Variation
• Scotch Gambit
• Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense
• Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti, Advance Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti, Advance, Keidansky Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti, Advance, Kingside Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti, Perreux Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Haxo Gambit
• Scotch Gambit, Haxo, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Haxo, Sarratt Variation
• Scotch Gambit, Haxo, Sarratt, Cochrane-Shumov Defense
• Scotch Gambit, Haxo, Sarratt, Vitzthum Attack
• Scotch Gambit, London Defense
• Scotch Gambit, London, Cochrane Variation
• Scotch Gambit, London, Hanneken Variation
• Steinitz Variation
• Steinitz, Braune Variation
• Steinitz, Fraser Variation
• Steinitz, Horwitz Attack
• Steinitz, Horwitz, Berger Variation
• Steinitz, Horwitz, Blackburne Variation
• Steinitz, Horwitz, McDonnell Variation
• Steinitz, Horwitz, Rosenthal Variation
• Steinitz, Horwitz, Vienna Variation
• Steinitz, Modern Defense
• Steinitz, Paulsen Variation
• Steinitz, Pulling Counterattack

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