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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Four Knights Variation

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1.c4c52.Nf3Nf63.Nc3Nc6

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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Four Knights Variation654k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

268k56%

151k57%

142k54%

39k50%

38k49%

6.2k50%

5.9k48%

1.5k48%

56744%

44143%

Famous games in this line8.2k master games

Aronian, Levon (2808) – Anand, Viswanathan (2817)20111–0 Carlsen, Magnus (2868) – Radjabov, Teimour (2745)20131–0 So, W. (2812) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2796)20170–1 Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Caruana, F. (2805)20151–0 Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Caruana, F. (2805)20151–0 Aronian, L. (2805) – Caruana, F. (2801)2014½–½ So, W. (2822) – Karjakin, Sergey (2783)20171–0 Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) – Anand, Viswanathan (2817)2011½–½

Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Aronian, Levon · Carlsen, Magnus · Vachier Lagrave, M.

Family: English Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.c4
ECO: A35
Line: 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6

Positional

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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Four Knights Variation, Keres-Parma System4.g3 e6

Nearby lines in the family

English Opening: Neo-Catalan1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian1…e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Kurajica Defense1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6

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