A10 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation

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1.c4d52.cxd5Qxd53.Nc3Qa5

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English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation796k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

217k57%

216k55%

187k56%

45k54%

41k54%

39k51%

18k53%

15k50%

6.0k51%

4.0k61%

Famous games in this line7 master games

Aronian, L. (2784) – Nielsen, PH. (2654)20151–0 Cvitan, Ognjen (2527) – Bajramovic, Halid (2206)20051–0 Needleman, Gaston (2420) – Uelf, Maximiliano (2234)20201–0 Domogaev, Sergey (2360) – Ruchkin, Yuri (2275)20071–0 Bosboom, Manuel (2383) – Colijn, Stefan (2220)20121–0 Franzen, Jozef (2310) – Matovic, Petar (2215)19981–0 Heinemann, Carl M (2228) – Camacho Domínguez, Florencio (2215)2015½–½

Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Cvitan, Ognjen · Needleman, Gaston · Domogaev, Sergey

Family: English Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.c4
ECO: A10
Line: 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5

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