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English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation

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1.c4d52.cxd5Qxd53.Nc3Qa5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation796k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
27%217k57%
27%216k55%
24%187k56%
5.7%45k54%
5.1%41k54%
4.9%39k51%
2.3%18k53%
1.9%15k50%
0.7%6.0k51%
0.5%4.0k61%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Aronian, L. (2784) – Nielsen, PH. (2654)20151–0Cvitan, Ognjen (2527) – Bajramovic, Halid (2206)20051–0Needleman, Gaston (2420) – Uelf, Maximiliano (2234)20201–0Domogaev, Sergey (2360) – Ruchkin, Yuri (2275)20071–0Bosboom, Manuel (2383) – Colijn, Stefan (2220)20121–0Franzen, Jozef (2310) – Matovic, Petar (2215)19981–0Heinemann, 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
Positional
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