Does Someone Know The Name of This Opening?

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Avatar of Teeejo

Hi everyone! Can you please help me identify this opening? The site on which I'm studying the Scotch Game says that this is the Max Lange Attack, but Chess.com and Lichess say that this is the Anderssen Attack. I think it's possible that the site made a mistake because I saw a line that is allegedly the Max Lange Attack (it differs from this one, of course). I'll put it under the first diagram which represents the Max Lange Attack that Chess.com and Lichess call the Anderssen Attack (we shall call it the Max Lange Anderssen Attack wink.png). I'm looking forward to your answers. Oh and if you have some openings advice or general advice about chess I'm open to hear (read) it. Thank you in advance!

P.S. Here are the links to the sites:

https://simplifychess.com/openings/the-scotch-game/index.html

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1042161



Avatar of MaddyCole

Names don't matter its now the teeejo

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MauriceEugene wrote:

Names don't matter its now the teeejo

Hahaha 

Avatar of eCarry_zzz
the opening is the scotch gambit, I think. The compensation is the weak pawn on f7
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Not sure if 5. castle is great. I would prefer 5. Ng5
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In the Max Lange attack, U have the black dark-squared bishop on c5, that's the difference. blitz.pngpeshka.png

 

 

normally followed by 6. e5. settings.png

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The two lines the OP posted are different lines. The 2nd one might be the Max Lange (Bishop is on c5 like Yigor said). The first one is just a line of the 2 Knights Defense. I have heard it called an "Anti Max Lange". I thought for years it was the "Canal Variation" but it seems that's Nc3 by White one move earlier.

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That name is not standard. Here's a chess youtuber calling it the "Morphy Attack" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbChWI89ek which I'm guessing he made up since the line doesn't really have a name. I just looked it up in my Emms and he doesn't call it anything except the 2 Knights Defense, but does mention that Nc3 in that position is the Canal Variation. I'm not sure now where I've heard "anti-Max Lange" but that name makes the most sense to me. I mean if you want to use "Anderssen Attack" and try to popularize it go ahead but I don't think everyone is going to know what line you're talking about. It's just one of those lines you would think would have a name that doesn't.

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(quick search for anti max lange revealed this  chessgames.com collection https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004387 ... and it does look like Chessgames.com uses "Anderssen Attack" as well, though the user who made the list used "anti max lange".)

Avatar of Gtyme08

Wow this can be a number of different openings: Italian game: Two knights, Italian Game: Max Lange Attack, or the Scotch Gambit: Anderssen Attack, But I believe I have a name that fits this way better Scotch Gambit: Teeejo Attack