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Opening· 13 plies

Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C44), reached after 13 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5.

Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation ECO C44
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About this opening

Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C44. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 13 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5.

It belongs to the Scotch Game family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Cochrane Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.d4 exd4, 4.Bc4 Bb4+, 5.c3 dxc3, 6.bxc3 Ba5. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.