English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit
English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A10, part of the English Opening family. It goes 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Nf6. White opens with 1. c4 (the English move) and Black answers 1... d5. After 4 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4
1... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
2. cxd5 – White captures on d5 with the c-pawn
2... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
About the English Opening
White starts with 1.c4, controlling d5 from the side. It is flexible and often leads to slow, strategic games.
White often fianchettoes with g3 and Bg2 to aim the bishop down the long diagonal.
Against 1...e5 it is like a Sicilian with colours reversed and an extra tempo for White.
White fights on the queenside with b4-b5 and the open c-file.
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