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How to Play the Scotch Gambit Eric Schiller
Publisher: Chess Enterprises

Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4) and Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5). The opening was a two knights defense- scotch gambit- which seemed to irk my opponent, as he fell into time trouble trying to work out the position and played less than optimum moves. But, technically, it's really a Scotch Gambit or Goring Gambit. Learn Chess Openings in Roman's Lab Volume 22: The Easy Way to Play the Scotch and Giuoco Piano Openings. When I quit I was a class C, although I porpoised over 1600. I've started transposing into the Blackburne gambit: 3.d4 c6 and it seems like Black has less compensation than the Icelandic (because white played a developing move instead of a defensive one on move 3). Black only has one extra tempi for the pawn basically--very risky; it's essentially a Scotch gambit minus a tempi. The Danish is where you play Bc4 and let him take a second pawn with cxb2. The Scotch Gambit is called such due to The Edinburgh Scotland Chess Club playing this opening during a correspondence match with the London Chess Club in the early 1800′s. I played the Scotch Gambit if ever given the opportunity. It is still a fun gambit though and certainly takes unprepared White players offguard. For yourself what you like to play in a certain circumstance, so such a repertoire book provides a starting point but leaves you with plenty of homework to do.