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Also known as Scotch Opening, 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

chess opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

Wikidata facts

Instance of
chess opening
Named after
Scotland
Sport
chess
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Portable Game Notation
d4
discoverer or inventor
Ercole del Rio
time of discovery or invention
1750-00-00
position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation
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Encyclopedic overview

Moves1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ECOC44–C45 Origin1750 Named afterScotland ParentKing's Knight Opening SynonymScotch Opening

The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scotch Game” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.