Why do people HATE the Scotch opening?

Sort:
PkPlays

Whenever I play the Scotch opening in chess.com or in real games, my opponent is like, "WHYYYY?" I really don't understand why. Please help me understand. TEST YOUR SCOTCH SKILLS HERE:

 

PkPlays
Pranav888 wrote:

Whenever I play the Scotch opening in chess.com or in real games, my opponent is like, "WHYYYY?" I really don't understand why. Please help me understand. TEST YOUR SCOTCH SKILLS HERE:

 

Hey PRANAV888 I tested my Scotch skils and I DID ALL OF IT CORRECT!

 

Etherized

my scotch is terrible on the board but great in a glass =p.

bong711
Pranav888 wrote:

Whenever I play the Scotch opening in chess.com or in real games, my opponent is like, "WHYYYY?" I really don't understand why. Please help me understand. TEST YOUR SCOTCH SKILLS HERE:

 

What does your opponent want? Ruy Lopez brandy? Giucco Piano red wine?

bong711

Or Kingburger Ggambit.

Caesar49bc

Nothing wrong with the Scotch Opening. It's mostly unloved and relegated asca beginner's opening.

With opening theory being plumbed by computers... mainly via engine-to-engine matches, eventually chess engines will plumb the depths of many openings that are ignored by humans. That is rarely played by grandmasters in high level tounaments.

It's getting to the point, with engine-to-engine play, that programmers are more interested in how engines play different lines, rather than just using the strongest, most optimised book. Plus, just like with human matches, there are thematic engine-to-engine matches.

bong711

I like Vienna Sausage.

bong711

Danish Breads and Pastries?

bong711

Fried livers?

bong711

Hungarian sausage?

flannelsock

sausage is made of stuff you would not eat if it was put on your plate in it's original form.

 

that is why they stuff it with ingredients to make it edible.

 

fresh food.  rice.  fish.  this is good food.

bong711

Everyone loves Italian pizza and pasta.

bong711

IMO, the Scotch opening is best after the Ruy Lopez. I use it to avoid tons of theories and variations in the Ruy Lopez.

hevoisten_invaasio

I'd like to have a fried liver, french gognac and a scotch gambit on my chessboard. And a kings indian charas for dessert.

bong711

kings Indian anything is off the menu. Opening must start with 1. e4 e5. And any French is off the menu too.

bong711

Russian foods are available.

iamyourprince6

You look like a Kardashian Anne Frank. LOL

iamyourprince6

RedGirlZ is a Zionist Nazi Kardashian Anne Frank lookalike.

Vialk
I don’t play the Scotch much, but I once had a book on the opening, and the lines were pretty fun to play! <(ᐛ)/
I liked to play the main line, 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. NxN PbxN 6. P-K5 Q-K2 7. Q-K2 N-Q4 8. P-QB4 N-QN3 9. P-QN3 B-QR3 Where the position is complex, yet contains fighting chances for both sides! (^∇^)
DarkstormEliteHydra
You are completely and utterly mad.