Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Rare Variations
If you've followed our comprehensive lessons on the Scotch Game, you know the basics of the opening, key ideas and even...
Learn To Play The Scotch: Instructive Games, Caruana vs Bacrot
The Scotch is an opening prized by beginners and intermediate players for its straightforward nature, but it's serious enough...
Learn To Play The Scotch: Instructive Games, Carlsen vs Leko
Want to learn how to play the Scotch game? Check out this instructive game from a young Magnus Carlsen, who used the opening...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Grandmaster Preparation
Now that you've had a chance to go over the basics of the Scotch game, get ready to learn the advanced ideas of grandmaster...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Opening Traps
The Scotch is an opening full of traps on both sides of the board, and if you play it you need to know how to spot them....
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Qh4 Refuted
When playing the Scotch, you may be troubled by an aggressive-looking Black reply, the early Qh4. This move, though, can...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Miezes Variation
When playing the Scotch, what should you do when Black plays Nf6, like Karpov, Kramnik and Aronian? Learn how to handle...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Classic Variation
If you want to play the Scotch, you need to know the main lines that come up in the opening. In this lesson, learn the classic...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Introduction
The Scotch is a fun and solid way to open a chess game. Learn the basics of this king's pawn opening in this first lesson,...