Scotch Game: Göring Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3

ECO C44

The Scotch Game: Göring Gambit is a chess opening line in the Scotch Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3.

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

The defining move c3 is chosen by White on move 4.

3 named continuations branch from this position, including the Bardeleben Variation and the Double Pawn Sacrifice.

Named variations

• Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation — ECO C44
• Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice — ECO C44
• Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Main Line — ECO C44

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