Khalifman/Soloviov: The Modern Scotch Chessbase which had to be renamed

which had to be renamed the "general class"

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Ending – The basic checkmating technique of the most common endings that occur in novice games are instructed here

it takes a lot of discipline

Khalifman/Soloviov: The Modern Scotch Chessbase which had to be renamedThe 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