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Blitz at Carver
Submitted by
Raymond on Thu, 10/15/2009 at 10:22am.
10 min Blitz with theme: the Scotch
Start Date/Time: Nov 5, 2009 at 6 PM
End Date/Time: at 8:50 PM
Location:
Carver Center
200 Willie Palmer Way
Purcellville, VA
United States 
IMPORTANT: you can show up at any time before the end of the tournament and be included!!! The pairing system is very loose and flexible.
This time we will try our hands at the Scotch opening. A deceptively simple opening used very succesfully by Kasparov and Carlsen
1.E4 E5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4! (ECO C44)
The only widely used answer is 3.. exd4 (3.. d6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. QxQ+ KxQ puts Black in an extremely passive position. In practice White winning percentage is 80% )
4. Nxd4 is the "regular" Scotch opening.
4. c3 !? is the Goring Gambit
4. Bc4 is the Scotch Gambit
Come prepared!