Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4

ECO C44

The Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation 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.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4.

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

The defining move Bg4 is chosen by Black on move 6.

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