C45 · Scotch Game
Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5
In the Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack is a chess opening classified under ECO code C45. It is reached after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5: 13 moves in, with Black to play.
It belongs to the Scotch Game family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Scotch Game: Paulsen Attack in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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