Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5

ECO C44

The Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation is a chess opening line in the Scotch Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5.

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

The defining move e5 is chosen by White on move 5.

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