About this opening
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Scandinavian Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code A15. ECO group A (A00–A99)
covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached
after 4 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5.
It belongs to the English Opening family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Anglo-Indian Defense → Scandinavian Defense line). The immediate parent line is English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, transitioned via 2…d5.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.c4 Nf6, 2.Nf3 d5. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.