The Scotch

I have a ukalaly hamster!

Do you mean ukulele hamster?

Heh.

No I don't really have a ukalaly hamster! :'(

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...and so little to show for it!

I don't know if I like the scoch to much it allows black to equilize to quickly and can be tricky if played wrong. For example after 1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 d5 exd5 4nxd5 bc5 you either swap the knight and black is up in development or you suffer pressure as 5 be3 qf6 6 c3 looks bad

No.

You can also play Nb3.

I don't play it any more.

Already? Did you learn anything? What was the general outcome of the struggle for the center?

My opponents played

I am White.

1.e4, e5

2. Nf3, Nc6

3.d4, d5

I don't know what to play.

Looks like exd5 is the thing.

one of my favourite opening :D

that was the stupidiest lines i've ever seen

Scotch gambit ^

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4. dxe5......dxe4

5. Qxd8+....Kxd8

Early Queen exchange....but Black cannot castle and his King has a large target painted on his vest

White has tempo and initiative.

^ This is my most recent game, lol.

The Scotch is great against bad players. Against players that know what they're doing, Black can easily maintain an even game or a slight advantage.

I'm terrible at chess myself, and this is the only opening I'm familiar with.. and by familiar with, I mean I used to open this way all the time with white and just found out it had a name a couple days ago.

You're making tremendous progress.

Whoever is playing Black is retarded if he plays any of the lines displayed in the original post.

After 3...exd4 4.Nxd4, Black should either play 4...Nf6, 4...Bc5, or 4...g6 (transposing after 5.Nc3 - no better move for White - to the Three Knights Game - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4).

4...Nxd4 is something only a moron would play!

I actually play 3...d5 in G30 games becuase they dont have to much time tocalculate and it is normally unuasual for a 1600 to play it (kills 1700s)