Give some games here friend
In Scotch Gambit, is 4. ... Qf6 a bad move?
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It's not a bad move, a chap called Carlsen has played it...
Demidjinn wrote:
@Trevor-D
I am sorry. But that would be a scotch game. A scotch gambit goes does not recapture on d4. If I recall correctly white would play 4. Bc4,
(@OP) and tentatively I would say no. But there is many things I don't understand about chess :) It seems wrong though. How does it help black? White will continue development, most likely play c3, and at some point the black queen will be misplaced. I think..
Apologies, I didn't read the OP properly. 
Apr 29, 2015
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e4-e5 nf3-nc6 d4-exd nxd4 and Qf6 is opening i think and i playing many times with black pieces
HORUS-SET wrote:
Give some games here friend
My 3 games with this line are so full of mistakes and blunders that they are not relevant to the discussion. I'm too embarassed to show them :(
@Demidjinn, @WhiteCode
Thank you for the feedback.
My goal with this move was not to protect d4, but to protect f7 and castle kingside as fast as I can, because I didn't want to have to deal with all the early tactics against the king in the main line.
Is there some simple defense against the Scotch Gambit? I watched one video about defending against it and it seemed way too advanced for my current level.
"It's not a bad move, a chap called Carlsen has played it."
We all play bad moves. A world champion experimenting with a (in my opinion) dubious opening against an inferior opponent is not unheard of at all.
In fact, Carlsen is even capable of the same one-move oversights that class players can make: http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-goes-down-in-spectacular-third-round-tata-steel-2183 shows one of his worst ones.
Hi,
Recently, in three games I played with black that started at the same time, my oponents played the Scotch Gambit. I didn't know it then, and I played 4. ... Qf6 and eventually won all three games.
Shortly after that I looked at some videos about the Scotch Gambit and this response wasn't even mentioned. So, my question is, what are blacks prospects after this move? It does give white some initiative because of the vulnerable queen, but it seems to me it avoids a lot of the usual attacks for white.