ECO C44
Scotch Game
The position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4.
Scotch Game
5 half-moves in · 1 named continuation
8♜
♝
♛
♚
♝
♞
♜
7♟
♟
♟
♟
♟
♟
♟
6
♞
5
♟
4
♙
♙
3
♘
2♙
♙
♙
♙
♙
♙
a1♖
b♘
c♗
d♕
e♔
f♗
g
h♖
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Variations of Scotch Game
3 namedScotch Game is filed under ECO C44. It is the position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 — 5 half-moves in, with Black to move. From here theory names one continuation, Nxd4.