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Help with a variation in the scotch where white seems to lose the advantage?


  • 8 months ago · Quote · #1

    Heidrich

    I have built a strong scotch gambit repertoire but there is a certain line/variation tha tblack can play that really i feel kills white. Its a big hole in my repertoire because i have no response against it. Black simply seems to be better. Any suggestions? 

    I feel like maybe instead of Bd5, castling would be correct but then doesnt black develop a lot better and the gambit pawn was useless? im looking for very aggressive lines. after Bb4+ c3 doesnt really work and Kf1 just loses all tempo and aggressiveness 

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #2

    neo-metacrash

    Play 4. Nxd4. It's better. :)

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #4

    Heidrich

    thank you pfren! let me look up some variations and ill get back to you on that!

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #6

    xXMeiXx

    maybe it would of been better to pin the knight with the  bishop and then advance the pawn? or take the knight if its threatened ? :D

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #7

    Expertise87

    6.O-O and 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.O-O Ne6 8.Bxe6 dxe6 9.Rd1 are both interesting in my opinion. 6.Bd5 Bb4+ I would love to see as White and would probably play c3 there. 6...Nc5 however is very difficult to play against in this variation. One possible line is 7.O-O Ne6 8.Re1 Be7 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 where White is certainly not worse, he has at least full compensation for the pawn but might have trouble claiming an advantage.  8...Bc5 is more challenging, where White still plays 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 O-O and here 11.a3 is a reasonable idea, eyeing the b4 square and creating a viable retreat for the Bishop. Black will pretty much always lose a tempo if he plays d6, and White must use this tempo to develop the pieces quickly and aggressively.

     

    And I doubt White has any advantage in the main line: 5...d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 (11.Be3 Bb6!, where 11...O-O probably loses strategically) 11...Ne4 12.Be3 Bb6! (12...O-O is a mistake as noted before) planning c5.


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