What do you call this opening?

Ziggyblitz · 2014-04-09T23:54:06-07:00

1.e4 d5 2.d4 e6 ? The first 3 moves are the Scandinavian Defence Declined, but 2...e6 makes it a French Defence by transposition. This position is in a thematic tournament (another site) and is labeled as Scandinavian Defence Declined. I believe it should be called a French Defence. So what is i

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ghostofmaroczy

Oct 29, 2014

#21

MuscleRook flexed:

To quote Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili... " Openings are schizophrenic"

...and Endgames are Machiavellian.