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C44

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined

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Overview

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined is a gambit, classified under ECO code C44 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5, after 8 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C44
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
8
Parent
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit

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