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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.Nf3Nc64.d3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line269k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%88k47%
23%61k47%
22%60k48%
9.1%24k46%
4.8%13k47%
4%11k48%
1.7%4.5k47%
1.6%4.4k47%
0.4%1.2k43%
0.3%71937%
Famous games in this line1.1k master games
Carlsen, M. (2882) – Ding Liren (2805)20191–0Carlsen, M. (2870) – Aronian, L. (2772)20191–0Carlsen, M.. (2847) – So, W.. (2770)20211–0Carlsen, M. (2870) – Nakamura, Hi (2741)20191–0Caruana, F. (2822) – Karjakin, Sergey (2782)20181–0Kramnik, V. (2792) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2789)20181–0Aronian, L. (2775) – Ding Liren (2801)20190–1Kramnik, V. (2792) – Karjakin, Sergey (2782)20180–1
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M.. · Caruana, F. · Kramnik, V. · Ding Liren
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A28
Line
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3
Positional
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Nearby lines in the family
English Opening: Porcupine Variation1…f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 fxe4 4.g4English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anti-Anti-Grünfeld1…Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation4.e4
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