It's a perfectly good opening. Kasparov even used it in world championship matches (both against Karpov and against Short), and many other grandmasters use it.
Scotch game(?)
After the Ruy lopez is is probably the second most respectable opening following e4 e5, many masters play this line and it was favoured by Kasparov for some time.
Well, that's new to me. Can someone give me an example for a game that kasparov played that opening?
World Championship matches:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067288
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067287
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070672
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070683
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018636
Other:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066645
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067316
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070620
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070596
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070700
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1017837
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1450425
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070847
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1553234
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070921
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070893
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070947
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011316
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1544360
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1005735
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1287569
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1220545
63.6% wins, 36.4% draws, no losses on chessgames.
I had a chess competition yesterday.
After the competition the first 20 players played a simultanic game against a CM (which becoming an IM in a few days).
I got of was the only one who drawed with him (in other words didn't lose), but the interesting thing, was the play in my right. Mr. CM played the white side, and the first move were like this:
I think it's called scotch game, but i am not sure. Is it possible that a master with rating of 2300+ will play this opening? What was he thinking when he played that?