ECO family guide

Scotch Game — all variations and ECO codes

53 named lines across 2 ECO codes (C44–C45). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 (C44). Open this line on Lichess → · Scotch Game on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, playing as white — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	21,605,190	53.6% / 4.1% / 42.4%	55.6%
1600-1800	20,926,091	53.1% / 4.4% / 42.5%	55.3%
1800-2000	14,345,081	52.3% / 4.9% / 42.8%	54.7%
2000+	7,756,164	50.5% / 6.1% / 43.4%	53.5%

All 53 named variations

Every named line in the Scotch Game family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

C44Scotch Game (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
C44Scotch Game (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
C45Scotch Game (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
C45Scotch Game (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
C44Benima Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4
C44Cochrane Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 Ba5 7.e5
C44Cochrane-Shumov Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d5
C44Göring Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
- C44Bardeleben Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nxc3 Bb4
- C44Double Pawn Sacrifice — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4
- C44Main Line — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Bb4
C44Hanneken Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf6 8.Ng5 O-O 9.e5 Nxe5
C44Haxo Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
C44Lolli Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4
C44Lolli Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Qxd4
C44Napoleon Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4
C44Relfsson Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5
C44Scotch Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
- C44Advance Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5
- C44Cochrane-Anderssen Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4
- C44Dubois Réti Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
- C44Göring Gambit Declined — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5
- C44Kingside Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ng4
- C44London Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+
- C44Sarratt Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5
C44Sea-Cadet Mate — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.O-O Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Nd5#
C44Vitzthum Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Qh5
C45Alekhine Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.e5
C45Blumenfeld Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nb5
C45Braune Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Be3
C45Classical Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
- C45Blackburne Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2
- C45Intermezzo Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6
- C45Millennium Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Qg6
C45Fraser Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nf3
C45Ghulam-Kassim Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Bd3
C45Gottschall Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 d5 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 O-O 10.Nxc7 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4
C45Horwitz Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5
- C45Blackburne Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Kd8 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Qxd2
C45Malaniuk Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+
C45Meitner Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2
C45Mieses Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5
C45Modern Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4
C45Paulsen Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5
C45Paulsen Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nf5
Paulsen
- C45Gunsberg Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 Nd8
C45Potter Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3
C45Romanishin Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+
C45Rosenthal Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Kd8 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Nxd2 Qg6
C45Schmidt Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
C45Steinitz Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4
C45Steinitz Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3
C45Tartakower Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2