Steinitz 4...Qh4
Scotch Game · C45 · you play White. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4
About the Steinitz 4...Qh4
The Steinitz Variation, 4...Qh4, grabs the e4 pawn at the cost of development. White plays Nc3, Be2 and Nb5, hitting c7 and keeping Black's king in the centre. It is a model of how to punish early queen moves.
The Steinitz 4...Qh4 (C45) is one of 3 lines of the Scotch Game you can train here as White. It starts with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4. Learn the Steinitz 4...Qh4 move by move, then play it against the computer until the book moves come automatically. Knowing the moves is only half the work, so this page also covers the plans for the middlegame, the endgames to aim for and some grandmaster games. Train it regularly as part of your White repertoire: the speed mode and drill show quickly which moves you still forget.