Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d5

ECO C44

The Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense is a chess opening line in the Scotch Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d5.

It is catalogued under code C44 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move d5 is chosen by Black on move 9.

More ECO C44 openings

• Dresden Opening: The Goblin — 1.e4
• Irish Gambit — 1.e4
• King's Knight Opening — 1.e4
• King's Pawn Game — 1.e4
• Latvian Gambit — 1.e4
• Ponziani Opening — 1.e4

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