Scotch Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
White opens the center straight away, leading to open positions with quick piece play.
As White: 60% score in 745 games (409 wins, 79 draws, 257 losses).
As Black: 55% score in 432 games (216 wins, 42 draws, 174 losses).
Who plays it most
- GM Adham Fawzy: 43 games as White, scores 66%
- GM Petar Drenchev: 42 games as White, scores 55%
- GM dobbyelfofthehouse: 34 games as White, scores 46%
- GM talosevich: 32 games as White, scores 44%
- IM John Daniel Bryant: 31 games as White, scores 55%
- theunknownsecretboss: 30 games as White, scores 73%
- GM ilia_jude: 26 games as White, scores 52%
- GM Vladimir Petkov: 23 games as Black, scores 59%
- IM Alexander Velikanov: 23 games as White, scores 52%
- GM Anthony Wirig: 21 games as White, scores 67%
- GM Zoran Jovanovic: 20 games as White, scores 70%
- GM Toms Kantans: 19 games as White, scores 50%
- FM Corey Acor: 18 games as Black, scores 42%
- GM Vladimir Okhotnik: 18 games as White, scores 50%
- 69360420obama: 18 games as Black, scores 67%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 184 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.