Kasparov started to play the Scotch game, which in turn made it a popular alternative to the Ruy Lopez. I found an old move to play against it, but it is not without risks. Perfect for correspondence play.
Emin Kavalci ( Postal rating approx. 1900) vs Bruce Carlley ( Postal rating approx. 1900.) Correspondence Game. A game of theoretical interest. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nb5 Ba5 7.Bd2 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bd3 ! Nf6 ( If ...b4, then .Nd5! Ne5 2.g3 Qh3 3.Nf4 Qh6 4.Nc4 Nxc4 5.Bxc4 Bb7 6.0-0 Ne7 7.a3 Qd6 8.axb4 Bxb4 9.Bxb4 Qxb4 10.Qd4 0-0-0 11.Nd3 Qb6 12.Qxg7 Qc6 13.Qd4 Qxe4 14.Qxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxa6+ Kb8 16.Rfe1 d5 ) 10.g3 Qh3 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 O-O !!13.dxc6 Re8+ 14.Be2 dxc6 15.c3 Qg2 16.Rf1 Bh3 17.Be3 Qxh2 18.Bf3 ( If. Qc1 then Bb6 2.Nc2 Bxf1 3.Bxf1 Rad8 4.b4 c5 5.a4 cxb4 6.cxb4 Qg1 7.a5 Ba7 If .Nc2 then Rad8 2.Qc1 Bxf1 3.Bxf1 Bb6 4.a4 Rd6 5.axb5 Bxe3 6.Nxe3 cxb5 7.c4 bxc4 8.Ra3 Rf6 9.Qd2 Qg1 10.Qe2 c5 If .b4 then Rxe3 2.fxe3 Qxg3+ 3.Kd2 Rd8+ 4.Kc2 Rxd1 5.Rfxd1 Bf5+ If Qc2 Then Bxf1 2.Bxf1 Bb6 3.0-0-0 Bxe3+ 4.fxe3 Qxg3 5.Qd2 Qxe3 6.Qxe3 Rxe3 7.Bg2 Re6 8.Nc2 Rae8 9.Nd4 Re1 10.Bxc6 Rxd1+ 11.Kxd1 If g4 then Rad8 2.Qc1 Bxf1 3.Bxf1 Qg1 4.Nc2 Qxg4 5.a4 Bb6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.Rxa6 f5 8.Rxb6 cxb6 9.Bxb5 Qg1+ If Qb1 then Rxe3 2.fxe3 Qxg3+ 3.Kd2 Rd8+ 4.Kc2 Qxe3 5.Qe1 Qe4+ 6.Kc1 Re8 7.b4 Bxf1 8.Qxf1 Qxe2 9.Qxe2 Rxe2 10.bxa5 f5 11.Kd1 Re3 12.Rc1 If Qd2 then Rad8 2.Qc1 Bxf1 3.Bxf1 f5 4.b3 g5 If Bd3 then Rad8 2.Nc2 c5 3.Qe2 c4 4.Bxc4 bxc4 All variations with black advantage.) 18...Rxe3+ 19.fxe3 Qxb2 20.Nc2 Qxc3+ 21.Kf2 Bxf1 22.Qxf1 Qf6 23.Qe2 Re8 And black won on move 66.
