Why not the Scotch?

Personnally i encounter scotch a lot online as black, this is quite fashionable.

LawAndOrderKing, I usually face ruy lopez and italian game, also, Kd1 has to be at least in !?, or possibly ?. Also, IM poucin, DO YOU WANT TO GO!!?? It's ON.

What do you prefer, RUY LOPEZ?! !$@%@%@$@$

For non chess pros, Scotch is preferable to RL. GP, 4K, VG and KG. Active play, easy to learn, tactical opportuniities and even endgame training are offered by the Scotch. I play it exclusively now against 1...e5.

so so rare 

 I don't know but it seems to me that like every third or fourth game on this site somebody is playing the scotch if I move e5 as black on first move? Very common opening.

If you are going to talk about the Ruy Lopez, why not talk about it here, on my RUY LOPEZ FORUM! Then get your sorry butt off of this one, @Stauntonmaster

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/the-anti-marshall-variation-does-it-work

I often play the scotch. Gives me a sense of stability (in a way that I cannot explain).

I hate the Scotch, because it is full of tactics and I feel very unstable there, especially against top engines.

But then, why should black play the weak 1...e5 move instead of the much stronger 1...c5?

 In my school, @Stauntonmaster, this is called TAKE A BREAK!!

Can you, FOR JUST ONCE, please talk about the positives of the Scotch, instead of the NEGATIVES!!! We don't need pessimists here.

The Scotch would force e5 players to change openings. 

scotch or scotch gambit?

i play scotch gambit

good opening, but I think black can equalised the game easier than in the Spanish, thats the reason why top GM play the latter much more often.

It's all the same  if it has Scotch in it

Has anyone here seen that one trap call the Hop Scotch ? It's a horsey-based doozie.

Revival in progress

Have some scotch, brotha!

I don’t actually drink dood