Some time ago I have visited a website with the title A Lazy Player’s Guide to the Scotch Gambit, but it seems that this site has disappeared.
This is a pity because the site gave a nice summary of the main lines of this opening. It is a good opening choice for players who like sharp openings and it’s easy to learn the basic ideas. It didn’t cover everything, but it described the most played lines and contained just the material most club players need. Now I’ll try to produce a similar post about the 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 variation of this Scotch Gambit and are going to learn you in one of the next lessons how you can make such an opening analysis on your own.
If someone knows where the Lazy Player’s site can be found, please add the URL to the comments.
Update:
Michael Goeller has provided a link to the original Lazy Player’s site by means of the Wayback machine. This wayback machine enables us to find web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. This is the original archived Lazy Player’s Guide. If you want to read more about this variation A glass of Scotch may be a good place to start.
The next lesson is about Connected vs split pawns ending. 5 Responses to “A Lazy Player’s Guide to the Scotch Gambit” I’ve always loved the Scotch gambit. Just a personal aesthetic thing, but the games turn out to be more attractive and enjoyable than one would think. The play can be sharp and quick. Thanks for the write-up.  A Lazy Player’s Guide to the Scotch Gambit is easy to find if you know where to look….  I have added the link to the post, but now it is very clear why I couldn’t find the site anymore. The site is removed, but can still be viewed by means of The Wayback Machine. This is a kind of wonderful time machine of the internet.  You tell that you reproduce the Lazy Player Guide, but when I look at the site in Wayback machine this is even other moves, but is interesting.
But it is pity you missed the most important moves after 4..Nf6 I am not sure I understand the question, but it was only my intention to discuss the continuation after 4…Bc5 in this post and to take care of 4…Nf6 later. But now the 4…Nf6 post will be postponed, because other subjects seem to be more important. And the 4…Nf6 continuation can be found by means of the provided link.
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