The Complete Scotch

Find your way through the labyrinth of tactics in The Scotch with this complete guide to one of the most attacking openings out there for White.

The Scotch, which begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, is the perfect opening to choose as White if you want to put the pressure on and outplay your opponents right from the start. There are no slow moves here!

Fans of IM Christof Sielecki's Keep It Simple: 1.e4 take note!

The Scotch is the perfect add-on to Christof's Keep It Simple: 1.e4 repertoire if you want to spice up the safer Scotch Four Knights recommendation. 

As Christof says himself in the first chapter: "Once you have mastered the Scotch Four Knights via our 3 Nc3 move order, it makes a lot of sense to add the Scotch move order with 3 d4 to your repertoire."

Prepare with this complete course and you will be playing on your turf, with Black finding him/herself increasing uncomfortable.

The Scotch: Distilled

White's play is very natural and fluid, while it is very easy for Black to fall into quick tactical problems.

The authors note if Black manages to navigate the many tactics they are often left with a worse endgame, where you as White will be pushing for the win for a long time.

Explored are:

🥃 4... Nxd4
🥃 The Classical Variation
🥃 The Mieses Variation;
🥃 The Malaniuk Variation;
🥃 The Steinitz Variation;
🥃 PLUS chapters on Master Games and Thematic Tactics.

The Scotch, one of Garry Kasparov's main weapons in the 1980s, is a rich opening with a long history that can lead to many types of games.

Scotch 'em with The Scotch

This course is designed to give you the knowledge to steer the game through fierce tactical waters and provide clear plans and ideas to apply to the calmer positions.

Michael Porcelli and Dr Eryk Hargrove are both USCF experts who have used the Scotch as their main weapon with the White pieces for many years.

This book is the culmination of careful research, personal experience, and collaboration.