The Classical Variation is one of the two most popular ways for black to defend against the Scotch.
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Luck is a Matter of Preparation Meeting Opportunity | Road to GM, Game 66
A battle in the theoretical Panov Caro-Kann endgame which should be equal in theory, but… Ivankovic I. (2081)
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My First FM Scalp! | Road to GM, Game 65
There are no words to explain how I felt after the game. Tomic S. (1876) vs Medak B.
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A Game With Six Queens | Road to GM, Game 64
One of the most instructive and most complicated endgames I have ever played. Tomic S. (1876) vs Krklec
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Scotch Game Steinitz Variation
The Steinitz Scotch is a bad variation for black if white knows it. If he doesn’t… it can
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Scotch Game | Göring Gambit
The Göring Gambit is a very aggressive, highly provocative and slightly unsound continuation for white. He gives up
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The Scotch Gambit
The Scotch Gambit is the most aggressive way for white to play the Scotch Game. With the pawn
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Scotch Game | Ideas, Principles and Common Variations
The Scotch is a recently revived opening which can be quite deadly in the right hands! There are
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Petrov Defense Sidelines for White
Two interesting ways to avoid taking the e5 pawn and playing the main lines of the Petrov Defense.
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Petrov Defense, Karklins-Martinovsky (Magnus Carlsen’s Nd3)
The move Nd3 is very rare, but it has been made more popular since Magnus Carlsen played it
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