A26 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nc63.g3g64.Bg2Bg75.d3d66.e4

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English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System18k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

6.8k51%

4.4k53%

2.8k56%

1.6k45%

74047%

59247%

37459%

35259%

29148%

6650%

Famous games in this line699 master games

Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2811) – Mamedov, Rau (2684)20161–0 Kasparov, Garry (2800) – Short, Nigel D (2635)19901–0 Gulko, Boris F (2620) – Kasparov, Garry (2795)1995½–½ Grischuk, Alexander (2779) – Guseinov, Gadir (2631)20131–0 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2667) – Radjabov, Teimour (2728)2006½–½ Giri, A. (2748) – Anton Guijarro, D. (2642)2025½–½ Kamsky, G. (2658) – Alekseenko, K. (2699)20211–0 Laznicka, V. (2676) – Smirin, I. (2655)2015½–½

Heroes of this opening Vachier Lagrave, Maxime · Kasparov, Garry · Grischuk, Alexander · Kamsky, G.

Family: English Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.c4
ECO: A26
Line: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4

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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6A29 2…Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 …English Opening: Closed, Taimanov VariationA25 4.Rb1 Nh6 5.Bg2 Bg7 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Tarrasch DefenseA13 1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 …

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