Scotch Game

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Scotch Game

Etymology

From an 1824 correspondence match between Edinburgh and London.

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