A14 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b3

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1.c4e62.Nf3d53.g3Nf64.Bg2Be75.b3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b325k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
79%20k47%
7%1.8k42%
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b33.7%94447%
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b33.1%77249%
2.4%61842%
1.7%42346%
1.3%33451%
0.5%12247%
0.5%11447%
0.2%5741%
Famous games in this line1.4k master games
Gukesh, D. (2776) – Caruana, F. (2777)20251–0Grischuk, A. (2774) – Kramnik, V. (2777)2015½–½Nakamura, Hi (2795) – Anand, V. (2751)2024½–½Caruana, F. (2807) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2739)20170–1Anand, V. (2779) – Wojtaszek, R. (2749)2016½–½Carlsen, M. (2830) – Amin, B. (2683)20241–0Gashimov, Vugar (2734) – Wang, Yue (2752)2010½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) – Giri, Anish (2690)2011½–½
Heroes of this opening Gukesh, D. · Dominguez Perez, L. · Carlsen, M.
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A14
Line
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3
FianchettoPositional
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