Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 d5 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 O-O 10.Nxc7 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4

ECO C45

The Scotch Game: Gottschall Variation is a chess opening line in the Scotch Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 d5 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 O-O 10.Nxc7 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4.

It is catalogued under code C45 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nb4 is chosen by Black on move 12.

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