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Scotch Game: Mieses Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.d4exd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nxc6bxc66.e5

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Scotch Game: Mieses Variation535k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

Qe7258k54%

Nd5252k46%

Ne418k47%

Ng84.2k40%

Ng41.3k21%

Bb4+25024%

Ke724313%

d516928%

Bc515726%

Bb713733%

Famous games in this line5.8k master games

Carlsen, Magnus (2814) – Aronian, Levon (2805)2011½–½ Nakamura, Hi (2781) – Carlsen, M. (2837)2017½–½ Kasparov, G. (2812) – Caruana, F. (2795)2016½–½ Carlsen, Magnus (2802) – Aronian, Levon (2801)2010½–½ Caruana, F.. (2820) – Aronian, L.. (2781)2021½–½ So, W. (2822) – Mamedyarov, S. (2772)20170–1 Kasparov, G. (2812) – So, W. (2773)20161–0 Karjakin, Sergey (2779) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2799)2012½–½

Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S. · Kasparov, G.

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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 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5

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