The Scotch Gambit spends a pawn to buy open lines, fast castling, and immediate pressure on f7. Learn how e5 and Bb5 recover the center, enter the Max Lange with the rook ready, punish a greedy second capture, and switch sides to practice Black's timely ...d5 defense.
Follow eight guide routes: four from White's side and four from Black's. Recover d4 in the ...Nf6 line, build the Max Lange pressure, execute both f7 patterns, then learn the safe ...Bc5, ...Bb4+, declined, and main defensive setups. Complete any line to save its progress locally.
Keyboard: ← → step through the moves. Click any move chip to jump.
Source position: the lines, legal moves, and evaluations come from the Scotch Gambit guide. Its five tests appear here with their answers: Qxf7+ (mate in 2), Bxf7+ (+0.63), Bb5 (-0.16), g6 (-0.45), and Nxf7 (+3.15).
These 16 positions cover development, central breaks, the Max Lange structure, two f7 tactics, safe retreats, and a recapture choice. Every Learn route appears twice, and each wrong choice is legal with an immediate board consequence.
Keyboard: Enter next drill · H hint · R reset the position.
Choose one of six Scotch Gambit starts and set the bot from 600 to 2500. The coach recognizes the pawn offer, ...Nf6 and ...d5, both bishop replies, the declined structure, the Max Lange pressure, and the f7 battery.
The six starts contain the seven-move base, all four seeded book variations, and the Bxf7+ fork set piece. Each assigns White and Black opposite, observable targets.
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