Khalifman/Soloviov: The Modern Scotch Spielmaterial documenting a formative period in

documenting a formative period in chess history

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Khalifman/Soloviov: The Modern Scotch Spielmaterial documenting a formative period inThe Scotch Game is the most open of all the Open Games. In fact this is the only really Open Game, in its essence, which matches the traditional terminology. The move 3. d2 d4 breaks immediately the symmetry. White tries to occupy the centre and gain additional space. Rapid contact between the opposing forces takes place, in fact much quicker than in the other open (and not only open) games, which increases the value of every move and requires from