C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bg5)

I have played the Scotch on both colors though more games as Black than with White. It is a opening that I know quite well these days in my honest opinion, well at least the two variations that I most often faced either over the board or in the internet. Since I no longer really play close chess and haven't done so in quite a long time, it has been more of the latter for me for some months. I did by accident analyse this game again with my current engine so I replaced the old analysis with the new one.

[Event "Corr Game 14.7.2008 - 2.10.2008"] [Site "http://gameknot.com"] [Date "2008.10.02"] [Round "?"] [White "emanuele"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1442"] [BlackElo "1567"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "corr"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bg5 {-0.91/17 C45 Scotch Game} (6. e5 $1 $14 {0.52/21 keeps the upper hand.} Qe7 7. Qe2) 6... Qe7 {0.26/23} (6... h6 $17 {-0.91/17} 7. Bf4 Nxe4) 7. Bd3 $146 {-0.50/21} (7. Nc3 $11 {0.26/23} Qb4 (7... Qe6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. Qd3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. f3 d6 15. Rab1 Re5 16. Rb3 d5 17. Bd3 c5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Be4 Be6 20. Rfb1 Rdd8 21. Bxa8 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 {Altenburg,N (1518)-Lemke,B (1436) Hamburgo 2010 1-0 (46)}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qc5 12. Qg4 d5 13. Qh5 h6 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Be4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Re5 17. Qf3 cxd5 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. Rxe5 fxe5 20. Qf5 e4 21. Bxe4 Re8 22. Bxd5 {Simon,D (1159)-Sromovska,L (1165) Lubovna 2013 0-1 (38)}) ( 7. Nd2 Qe5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qf3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qg5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Qg4 Qe5 15. g3 Re8 16. Bd3 Bf8 17. f4 Qd6 18. Rad1 Qh6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. fxg5 d5 21. exd5 Bg4 {Hagi,C-Todorovic,M (2235) WchT 1994 0-1 (42)}) (7. Qd4 Qxe4+ 8. Qxe4+ Nxe4 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Nxd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. b3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nb5 16. c4 Nc3 17. Ra1 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Be4 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rae1 Kf8 {Payet,A (1890)-Gretry,P (2073) Reunion 2006 0-1 (67)}) 7... Qe5 8. Bxf6 {-0.70/21} (8. Bd2 $11 {-0.19/22}) 8... Qxf6 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 9. c3 Bc5 {0.06/23} (9... Rb8 $15 {-0.56/20} 10. Qc2 d5) 10. O-O $11 O-O {0.24/23} (10... d6 $142 {-0.26/23}) 11. Nd2 {-0.37/23} (11. Qh5 $11 {0.24/23} Qd6 12. Qe2) 11... d5 {0.63/20} ({Black should try} 11... d6 $15 {-0.37/23}) 12. Qf3 {-0.54/21} (12. exd5 $14 {0.63/20} cxd5 13. Qh5) 12... Qxf3 {0.15/23} (12... Qg5 $1 $15 {-0.54/21} 13. Nb3 Bd6) 13. Nxf3 Re8 {0.21/21} ( 13... a5 $142 {-0.24/22}) 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Rae1 {-0.28/21} (15. Bb5 $14 { 0.56/23} Rd8 16. b4) 15... Bb7 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. b4 Bb6 18. a4 c6 {0.67/23} ( 18... a5 $1 $11 {-0.09/25}) 19. a5 $14 Bd8 20. c4 {-0.09/26} (20. Nd4 $16 { 0.83/18}) 20... g6 {0.66/23} (20... Ba6 $11 {-0.09/26} 21. Rc1 Bf6) 21. c5 { -0.43/23} ({Better is} 21. cxd5 $14 {0.66/23} cxd5 22. Rc1) 21... a6 {0.00/27} (21... Bf6 $15 {-0.43/23 is more appropriate.}) 22. g3 Bf6 23. h4 {-0.50/24} ( 23. Re1 $11 {0.00/28} Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1) 23... h5 {0.00/29} ({Black should play} 23... Bc8 $15 {-0.50/24}) 24. Nh2 {-1.18/23} (24. Re1 $11 {0.00/29} Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Ne1) 24... Bc3 $17 25. g4 $2 {-3.03/24 [#]} (25. Nf3 $17 { -1.11/25 only move.}) 25... hxg4 26. Nxg4 Re1 27. Rxe1 {-2.62/25} (27. Nf6+ { -1.78/31 is a better defense.} Kf8 28. Nd7+ Kg7 29. Rxe1 Bxe1 30. Nb8 Bxb4 31. Bxa6 Bxa6 32. Nxa6 Bxa5 33. Nb8) 27... Bxe1 $19 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 28. Nf6+ Kh8 $2 {-0.62/26 [#]} (28... Kf8 $1 $19 {-2.72/26 ...Ke7 is the strong threat.} 29. Nd7+ Ke8) 29. Ng4 $2 {-3.87/26} (29. Ne8 $15 {-0.62/26} Bc8 30. Nd6) 29... Bxb4 30. Ne5 Kg7 ({Stronger than} 30... Bxa5 31. Nxf7+ Kg7 32. Nd6 $16) 31. f4 $2 { -5.72/19} (31. Nd7 {-3.09/28}) 31... Bxc5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Kg2 Bb4 33. Kg3 Bxa5 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. h5 gxh5+ 36. Kxh5 a5 37. f5 Bxe5 38. Kg5 a4 { Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 31%.} 0-1