Today I’d like to share with you the best chess opening for White to crush beginners and intermediate level opponents. It is the Scotch Game which happens after the following moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4.

It works extremely well at the beginner level because most of the amateur players make the following opening mistake in the mainline after 3…exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4. More than 15 million chess players have made this opening mistake (4…Nxd4) and their average rating is 1500 ELO.

Therefore, this opening variation will help you beat players up to 1500 ELO in just 10 moves!

You can find the PGN of these opening variations below: