In the Scotch game there is a variation that has been recently getting popular. This trap, though has been fallen into almost 50k times is a one trick pony. In this Blog I will link my study and tell some additional content aswell
Process
All of this started on one faithful day 1 week before I made this Blog I had been crushed with this opening. Here's the game: game When I lost to this, I waws surprised and curious. What just happened? To test this I played this against an opponent and had played Be7. game It had also suprised me when a friend of mine asked me how to counter this. I gave him the answer Be7 and 2 days later he said he played it against a friend and it helped. He thanked me and we both chilled. After that I got even more curious I decided to spend my afternoon to study this trap and I had found some variations that helped. Difficulty/ 8.5 Had to spend a lot of time on this Time/ 3+ Hours
Now the reason why I said h6 is better than Be7 even though stockfish evaluates Be7 better is because of the fact that h6 is MUCH more prone to Nxf7. I also decided to check on Nf6 only it quickly equalizes the position.
Creds.
SAIED1351 - reason I figured it out TragicalCow - making me figure out Be7 My friend (he remains anonymous) - for asking me that question Grives - Inspo Stockfish - helping hand You all - for taking a look at my post
