Opening name: Anglo-Scandinavian Defence
Opening line: 1. c4 d5
Lichess Board
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Winning percentages
White: 24 (45.28%)
Black: 8 (15.09%)
Draws: 21 (39.62%)
English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defence
May transpose into the Queen's Gambit or the Réti Opening. Capturing the pawn gives White a small advantage.
Most popular responses
2. d4 (Queen's Gambit) Unlike many gambits in King's pawn openings, the Queen's Gambit is not intended to be a true material sacrifice in exchange for a quick attack or rapid development. In fact, even if Black accepts the gambit pawn, he will almost always find it unacceptably difficult to retain it. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (229886432 games)
2. cxd5 (Anglo-Scandinavian Defence) Black has a choice between three main options. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (10018474 games)
2. Nf3 (Réti Opening) The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening. White plans to bring the d5-pawn under attack from the flank, or entice it to advance to d4 and undermine it later. Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (8326448 games)
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 44
Score: +0.51
Best Move: cxd5
PV Line: 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Be6
Historical games for Anglo-Scandinavian Defence
| Game | Result | Year |
| Aronian, L. (2784) vs Nielsen, PH. (2654) | 1-0 | 2015 |
| Martinovic, Sa (2551) vs Stevic, H. (2601) | 1/2-1/2 | 2017 |
| Kovalenko, I. (2644) vs Keymer, Vincent (2502) | 1-0 | 2019 |
| Sokolov, Ivan (2625) vs Hector, Jonny (2505) | 1-0 | 1998 |
| Halkias, Stelios (2526) vs Fontaine, Robert (2531) | 1/2-1/2 | 2004 |
| Sulava, Nenad (2516) vs Efimov, Igor (2477) | 1/2-1/2 | 2003 |
| Haimovich, Tal (2436) vs Zifroni, Dov (2523) | 1/2-1/2 | 2006 |
| Stukopin, Andrey (2485) vs Demidov, Mikhail (2441) | 1-0 | 2012 |
| Zilka, Stepan (2517) vs Lechtynsky, Jiri (2379) | 1-0 | 2012 |
| Moser, Gue (2357) vs Schneider, Il (2511) | 1-0 | 2014 |