Scotch Game: Potter Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3

ECO C45

The Scotch Game: Potter 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.Nb3.

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

The defining move Nb3 is chosen by White on move 5.

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