GM Avrukh Against the Scotch Game

Boris Avrukh is a GM originating from Israel, who reached a peak rating of 2668 in 2009. While Boris is a serious chess competitor, a former under-12 World Champion and twice Israel Champion, he is also a great chess author. On a personal note, I discovered Boris’ work through his great Slav Repertoire book, which taught me as much about the middle-game that it did about the opening. It is the quality of that work which led me to reach out to Boris for our first work for Chessable. The analysis that follows is almost entirely Boris’s. In the rare cases where an additional line needed mentioning, I have included my initials (JS) in the comments. I hope you will enjoy this opening repertoire as much as I liked editing it. Jerome Solakian, London 2017.