Obertura Escocesa - I

La Obertura Escocesa (ECO C44 i C45) les blanques pretenen trencar ràpidament el centre amb el moviment de peó d4, a la vegada que s'intenta llançar un atac al flanc de rei.

Uns moviments genèrics d'aquesta obertura serien:

[Event "Obertura Escocesa"] [Site "-"] [Date "-"] [Round "-"] [White "Blanques"] [Black "Negres"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "-"] [BlackElo "-"] [PlyCount "-"] [EventDate "-"] [TimeControl "-"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 *

I una partida entre grans mestres que van completar el desenvolupament però van pactar taules sense iniciar hostilitats:

[Event "Wch Candidates final"] [Site "Elista"] [Date "2007.05.07"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2007.06.06"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Bxe5 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 Qh5 1/2-1/2