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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.Nf3Nc64.g3Bc55.d3d66.Bg2h6
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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h626k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
78%20k51%
12%3.1k51%
2.3%61646%
1.4%38250%
1.4%38051%
1.4%37050%
0.8%21047%
0.7%18652%
0.6%16343%
0.5%14443%
Famous games in this line185 master games
Navara, David (2731) – Movsesian, Sergei (2723)2010½–½Gashimov, Vugar (2733) – Movsesian, Sergei (2721)20100–1Ivanchuk, Vassily (2750) – Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2679)20071–0Tomashevsky, E. (2705) – Svidler, P. (2723)2019½–½Timofeev, Artyom (2690) – Bu, Xiangzhi (2676)20101–0Lautier, Joel (2630) – Topalov, Veselin (2725)19970–1Hodgson, Julian M (2595) – Adams, Michael (2750)20010–1Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2722) – Robson, Ray (2598)20121–0
Heroes of this opening Movsesian, Sergei · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Timofeev, Artyom · Topalov, Veselin
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 h6
FianchettoPositional
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