scotch-game

Noun

(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.

Origin

From an 1824 correspondence match between Edinburgh and London.

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