A password link has been sent to your email address

Attack with Scotch Game

Course 152 episodes
(10 hours 29 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Continue watching

Why play the Scotch Game after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6?

Openings like the Ruy Lopez(3.Bb5) and the Italian(3.Bc4) have lots of theory and many subtleties in them.

Other openings, like the Four Knights (3.Nc3), don’t offer enough chances to fight for an advantage.

The Scotch has relatively less theory than the Ruy Lopez or the Italian, and at the same time, it offers White good chances to fight for an opening advantage.

Another bonus point is that White’s aggressive approach from the get-go can net them many points in the opening itself, as you'll see in this repertoire...

To help you understand how fundamentally sound the Scotch is, consider that it was one of Garry Kasparov’s pet lines that he successfully used in a World Championship Match against Anatoly Karpov.

Today, elite GMs like Ian Nepomniatchichi continue to use it even at the highest level.

Below you can see some diagram positions taken from this course:

Scotch Game

This course will help anyone learn this opening — from the beginner who’s starting from scratch to an opening specialist who wants to discover the novelties.

Let's begin the journey!

What you'll learn

A full opening repertoire for White after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, covering all important variations, sidelines and ideas.
A solid, aggressive and easy-to-learn opening that offers White excellent chances to fight for a win.
How to get an advantage against Black’s sidelines.
Attacking plans for White against different setups in this opening.
The typical mistakes players below 1500 make in the Scotch and how to punish them.
Typical mistakes players over 1500 make in this opening and how to punish them.
How to apply the ideas in practice, explained through model games, and a lot more!

Course Content

152
Episodes
1
Attachments
10 hours 29 min

1. Course overview

2. Introduction

3. Why Scotch Game?

4. Strategies for Both Sides

Unlocked 3m 28s

1. Introduction

Unlocked 1m 31s

2. Game 1 with 4...Nd4?!

Unlocked 13m 55s

Unlocked 2m 41s

5. Tricky moves 4...Qh4 and 4...Qf6

Unlocked 6m 28s

6. Game with 4...Qh4

7. 4... passive moves

Unlocked 1m 50s

8. Game with 4...d6

Unlocked 8m 46s

9. Game with 4...Be7

Unlocked 5m 21s

10. Game with 4...g6. Review of the passive moves

12. Review of the 1st section

Unlocked 1m 21s

1. Introduction

3. Giri A. - Navara D.

4. Negi P. - Maiorov N.

6. The fantastic plan! Popov I. - Dvirnyy D.

9. The main line- 8...h6

10. Review of the 2nd section

1. Introduction

2. 5...dc6? Understanding this pawn structure

3. 5...dc6? Grigoryan A. - Simone L. (Simul game)

5. Game 1: Grigoryan A. - NN (Simul game)

6. Game 2: Grigoryan A. - NN (Simul game)

7. Game 3: Crushing attack by my student

8. 6...Qe7 main line - 8.h4! The tricky and strong move

14. 8...f6 Crazy lines

15. Review of the 3rd section

Congrats with your new strong weapon!

1. Introduction

2. Why do they play 3...Nf6?

3. We're just checkmating!

1. Introduction

2. The strategical problem

5. The three reasons why we go 0-0-0!

1. Introduction

2. Attacking the passive setup

3. Attacking against 7...Nf6

4. Attacking against 7...Nge7

5. Attacking against 7...Qf6

6. How do we meet opponent's attack?

7. Ruining opponent's pawn structure

8. Attacking the fake dragon

9. See you in the next sections!

1. Negi is attacking!

2. White's best setup

1. The fake dragon

1. The multistyle Master

2. In Rubinstein's style

2. Easy attack 2

3. The c7 weakness

5. How to win winning positions

6. The power of pawns' storm

7. Learning from the mistakes

8. The queen sacrifice

1. The master of pins

2. Lessons from the master of pins

3. The Little Bobby

1. Just defend the queenside

2. The weak King

1. Introduction

2. 2...Qf6 and 2...Qe7

4. The problem of early Nf6

5. Let's move on

1. After 7.Qe2 8.Be3 or Bg5?

2. Use the pin!

3. The difference after 8...h6

6. Meeting the attack

7. The correct way to organize the pawn storm

8. The bishop on f1

9. The idea of 8.h4!

Scotch Game + Homework

1. 14.Qc2! Novelty

6. Congratulations with your new weapon!

1. Scotch with h4! 8...Bb7 9. Nd2 super idea!

2. Avetik_ChessMood - honestgirl (blitz 3+0) 2019

1. Idea of 8...g6

3. 9...Qe6 is even worse

4. 9...f6 Endgames are bad for Black

6. Conclusion of 8...g6

1. Introduction

2. Ideas of Qe6 move

3. Kd1 strong move

6. Conclusion of 9...Nb4

8. Тhe 2nd option - 9.Nd2

9. 9...d6 against Nd2

11. 9...a5 10.a3!N

12. Conclusion of 8...Qe6

1. Introduction

3. A piece of advice

6. This is Insane!!!

8. The Hero Pawn

14. Wanna stay in chess history? :)

5

Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.

Access all courses

Buy this course for $400

Course

play

152

file

1

time

10 hours 29 min

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Add to favorites

This website uses cookies. To learn more, visit our Cookie Policy.

Accept