Scotch Game

English

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4

Etymology

From an 1824 correspondence match between Edinburgh and London.

Noun

Scotch Game (uncountable)

A common Open Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, in which white's third move is queen's pawn to the forth rank.

Further reading

Scotch Game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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