Result: 1-0
4 Bc4 Bc5
"Here, Black's most popular responses are 4... Nf6 (which transposes to the Two Knights Defence after 5 e5), and 4... Bc5 (transposing to the main line Giuoco Piano after 5 c3 Nf6)." - Chess Openings for White
"The simplest reply is 4... Nf6 which transposes into the Two Knights. This is a good choice for Black who likes to face the Max Lange (5 O-O Bc5) or the anti-Lange (5 O-O Nxe4)." - Transpo Tricks in Chess
"The alternatives for timid souls are 4...Be7 and 4...d6 when a Hungarian Defence position will arise if White now recaptures on d4." - The Kibitzer, http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz74.pdf
"So the bottom line of the Scotch Gambit , 4 Bc4, is that 4... Bb4+?! is to be avoided, 4...Nf6 is the safe choice and 4... Bc5 is the most double-edged." - Transpo Tricks in Chess
On 5 ... d6.
"Moves like 5 ... d6 or 5 ... Bb6 leave White with a strong center and a clear edge." - Chess Openings for White
Theory gives 5 ... Nf6 6 cxd4 Bb4+ a) 7 Bd2 Bxd2 8 Nbxd2 d5, b) 7 Nc3 Nxe4 8 O-O Bxc3:
Steinitz vs Lasker World Championship 1896
Dzindzichashvili vs Karpov 1988
Fritz vs Anand 1999
And if after 5 ... Nf6, White continued with 6 e5, the correct play is 6 ... d5:
Steinitz vs Lasker World Championship 1894
Vachier-Lagrave vs Eljanov 2007
Xie vs Delchev 2008
Socko vs Carlsen 2009
4... Bc5
ReplyDeleteRhal's move is according to theory. 4... Nf6 transposes to the Two Knights
Game.
[Event "Siemens Man-Machine rematch"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fritz (Computer)"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Qxe4
Nd6 13.Qd3 b6 14.Ba3 Qf6 15.Qd4 Qxd4 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Bxd6 cxd6
18.Nf5 g6 19.Nxd6 Bxd5 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.f4 a6 22.a4 Ra7 23.Reb1
Rb8 24.a5 b5 25.c4 b4 26.Ra4 b3 27.Ra3 Rc7 28.Raxb3 Rxb3
29.Rxb3 Rc5 30.Nb7 Rxc4 31.Rb6 Rc2 32.Nd6 Kf8 33.Rxa6 Bd5
34.g3 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 Rxh2 36.Ra7 Bc6 37.Nc8 Rg2 38.Nb6 Rxg3
39.Nxd7+ Bxd7 40.Rxd7 Ra3 41.Ra7 Rf3+ 42.Kg2 Rxf4 43.a6 Ra4
44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.Kh2 h5 0-1
[Event "It (active)"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Mazatlan (Mexico)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Qxe4
b5 13.a4 c6 14.axb5 cxd5 15.Qd4 Nb6 16.Be3 d6 17.Ra2 Be6
18.Re2 Nc4 19.Rfe1 Qd7 20.Qh4 Bg4 21.Qg3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Qxb5 24.Re7 a5 25.h4 a4 26.Rc7 Rae8 27.Rxe8 Qxe8
28.Ra7 h6 29.g3 Qe4 30.Qxe4 dxe4 31.Rxa4 Rc8 32.Rd4 Rc6 33.c4
f5 34.h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "London"]
ReplyDelete[Site "London"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4
f5 12. Bg5 Nxg5 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Nxg5 Qf6 15. Rfe1+ Kd8
16. Qxf6+ Rxf6 17. Re2 h6 18. Rae1 c6 19. Re8+ Kc7 20. Nh7 Rf7
21. Rh8 b5 22. Ree8 Bb7 0-1
5. c3 d6
ReplyDeleteThe Scotch Gambit lines from MCO are 5... dxc3 and 5... d3.
World Champions Lasker, Karpov and Anand continued with 5... Nf6, preferring development of pieces.
ReplyDelete[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Throstur Thorhallsson"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc2 Qg6 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. b3 d6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. f4 Bxc4 15. f5 Qf6 16. Ndxc4 Qxc3 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rac1 Qd4 20. Rcd1 f5 21. Qh4 Qg7 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Rg8 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Ne3 Nd4 26. Rf2 Qg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Rxf7 Rxe4 29. Ng2 Ne6 30. Re7 Rg7 31. Re8+ Rg8 32. Re7 Rg7 33. Re8+ Rg8 34. Re7 1/2-1/2