A29 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.Nf3Nc64.g3Bc55.d3d66.Bg2a6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a625k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
75%18k53%
11%2.7k50%
8.2%2.0k52%
1.1%28356%
1%24350%
1%23550%
0.5%12644%
0.5%12057%
0.3%7953%
0.3%7452%
Famous games in this line41 master games
Grischuk, A. (2754) – Carlsen, M. (2857)20160–1Artemiev, V. (2746) – Iturrizaga, E. (2629)20191–0Mamedov, Rauf (2639) – Sargissian, Gabriel (2680)20101–0Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2645) – Chernin, Alexander (2640)1997½–½Swiercz, D. (2620) – Movsesian, S. (2658)20151–0Grigoryan, K2. (2619) – Demchenko, A. (2632)20221–0Gulko, Boris F (2580) – Sadler, Matthew (2665)19971–0Hamarat, Tunc (2604) – Perevertkin, Vladimir Viktorovic (2622)2012½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Artemiev, V. · Mamedov, Rauf · Swiercz, D.
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A29
Line
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 a6
FianchettoPositional
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English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Tarrasch DefenseA13 1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 …English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Hedgehog DefenseA30 1…e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 …English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi VariationA16 1…Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 …
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