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What opening has black played?

What opening has black played?

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Game 1757080

I have been facing this opening and variations of it quite regularly recently and was wondering what it was called?

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Not sure. After white's 3rd move, it's a Scotch. May have transposed to a Ruy Lopez of some sort after white's 5th move.

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Originally posted by Freddie2006
Game 1757080

I have been facing this opening and variations of it quite regularly recently and was wondering what it was called?
Oh, that would be the Scopez opening. Unfortunately, there isn't much information about it.

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It transposes to a Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Variation (C62).