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

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.Nf3Nc64.e3

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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line435k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

127k47%

116k46%

63k41%

47k43%

27k42%

27k46%

9.2k44%

8.6k47%

6.3k45%

2.4k40%

Famous games in this line4.2k master games

Carlsen, M. (2875) – Ding Liren (2805)2019½–½ Caruana, F. (2827) – Ding Liren (2804)2018½–½ Duda, Jan Krzysztof (2753) – Carlsen, Magnus (2863)20201–0 Ding Liren (2774) – Carlsen, M. (2837)20170–1 Grischuk, A. (2754) – Carlsen, M. (2857)20161–0 Grischuk, A. (2754) – Carlsen, M. (2857)20160–1 Caruana, F. (2822) – Karjakin, Sergey (2782)20181–0 Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2736)20201–0

Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Duda, Jan Krzysztof · Grischuk, A. · Caruana, F.

Family: English Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.c4
ECO: A28
Line: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3

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English Opening: Porcupine Variation1…f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 fxe4 4.g4 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anti-Anti-Grünfeld1…Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4 English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation4.e4

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