The Scotch Game - Dembo / Palliser "Giant Chess for Schools" - Steve Giddins: British Chess

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The Scotch Game - Dembo / Palliser "Giant Chess for Schools" - Steve Giddins: British ChessThe Scotch Game is an ideal opening weapon for White. It's ambitious, totally sound and leads to a wide variety of strategically complex positions. The Scotch was a particular favorite of Garry Kasparov, who invigorated it with a number of major discoveries to make it an opening to be feared throughout the chess world. In this book, Yelena Dembo and Richard Palliser team up to take a modern day look at this popular opening. They provide thorough