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Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.d4exd44.Nxd4Bc55.Be3Qf66.Nb5

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Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack144k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

Bxe3131k36%

Bd66.4k27%

Qxb21.8k27%

Bb4+1.6k38%

Bb61.1k15%

Kd86459%

Qe526925%

Qd820310%

Nge718312%

Bd44614%

Famous games in this line137 master games

Ponomariov, Ruslan (2718) – Godena, Michele (2523)2003½–½ Nataf, Igor Alexandre (2549) – Onischuk, Alexander (2657)20031–0 Wang, Hao (2512) – Harikrishna, Penteala (2645)20050–1 Kolev, Atanas (2524) – Van den Doel, Erik (2558)20051–0 Ohtake, Sakae (2546) – Civitillo, Alfredo (2502)2007½–½ Kristjansson, Stefan (2459) – Stefansson, Hannes (2579)20050–1 Tomczak, Jacek (2548) – Urban, Klaudiusz (2456)2011½–½ Ismagambetov, Anuar (2477) – Dzhumabayev, Rinat (2522)20131–0

Heroes of this opening Nataf, Igor Alexandre · Harikrishna, Penteala · Kolev, Atanas · Stefansson, Hannes

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Family: Scotch Game
Category: Open
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C45
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5

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