Fighting 1.e4 e5 with the Scotch Gambit - WIM Anna Laura Scarsi

Opening course on the Scotch Gambit by WIM Anna Laura Scarsi
Includes video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 9
Total Running Time: 4 hours 5 minutes

From the course:

If you’re not yet over 1800, and you don't play the Scotch Gambit, you’re letting points slip!

That’s because Black players make game-losing mistakes all the time!


These mistakes and many more have been played tens of thousands of times—literally. And your opponents are waiting to make them against you too, if you give them the chance!

The thing is, almost nobody takes the Scotch Gambit into account. Neither with White—that’s what makes it a hidden gem of an opening—nor with Black, which is why it probably is

You see, everybody knows what to do against the Spanish and the Italian. They don't even have to study them very rigorously; just following high-level games gives a good idea of what to do in them and how to get healthy positions almost every time.

But below 1800, Black players rarely know what to do against the Scotch Gambit.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4! starts the gambit.

Some may know the basics: “don’t play 3...d6, or 4...Be7”. But from there to finding someone who knows how to respond decently, there are several easy wins.

And even then, it's not yet safe!

Although there’s a sheer variety of traps Black can fall into (even if you're not trying to catch them!), the Scotch Gambit is not a one-trick pony.

It’s rather a principled opening that sets you up for a vigorous middlegame if you value development, activity, open lines and attacking chances.

In the meantime, there’s plenty of room for Black to crash and burn in the opening like Wile E. Coyote!

And if you don’t feel so comfortable with gambits, know that the sacrificed pawn is easily recovered and you’re never at a material disadvantage for more than one or two moves.

In Fighting 1.e4 e5 with the Scotch Gambit, Woman International Master Anna Laura Scarsi gives you a step-by-step insider’s guide to playing this opening.

One of the most promising Argentinian junior players, Scarsi is the 2024 Under-18 Girls South American Champion and National Champion.

A Scotch Gambit practitioner since forever, she credits the opening with helping her win over 400 FIDE rating points.

And, in this course, she shares her own repertoire!

Yes, in there you’ll find every flashy, early KO you need to know to swipe your opponents off the board, but equally importantly, you’ll learn how to play in the main lines and press for an advantage in them.

The beauty of this repertoire is that it is designed to grow with you while you start facing stronger opposition, as it did for Anna Laura.

But also, the course prepares you against the Petroff and Philidor Defense too, giving you

A Full Repertoire Against 1.e4 e5

Together with a model games chapter that shows you how to execute the course’s ideas and plans from start to finish so you replicate them in your own games, it’s everything you need to start playing a new but deadly repertoire.