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For Scotch Game, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
The final position in the viewer is where this recorded line ends, not a verdict on the position. Choose another listed branch to see where the paths separate. The viewer displays legal source moves; it does not provide an engine evaluation or establish a forced continuation.
Opening lines
An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
FEN: r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/4p3/3PP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 3
C44 · Scotch Game
53 PGN · 53 FEN
- Scotch Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 - Scotch Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 - Scotch Game: Lolli Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 - Scotch Game: Göring Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 - Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5 - Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 - Scotch Game: Benima Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 - Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 - Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 - Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 - Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ - Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
C45 · Scotch Game
28 PGN · 28 FEN
- Scotch Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 - Scotch Game: Classical Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 - Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ - Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 - Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 - Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5 - Scotch Game: Braune Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be3 - Scotch Game: Fraser Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3 - Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 - Scotch Game: Paulsen Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf5 - Scotch Game: Potter Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 - Scotch Game: Steinitz Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3
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