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English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation

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1.c4e52.Nf3e4
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English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation114k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
86%98k53%
8.9%10k49%
2.1%2.4k36%
1.1%1.3k32%
0.7%76337%
0.2%24135%
0.2%23631%
0.1%16033%
0.1%15731%
0.1%5926%
Famous games in this line271 master games
Grischuk, A. (2764) – Caruana, F. (2792)20210–1Giri, Anish (2764) – Ding, Liren (2791)2020½–½Svidler, Peter (2738) – Gelfand, Boris (2720)2008½–½Van Foreest, Jorden (2682) – Giri, Anish (2764)20201–0Rakhmanov, Ale (2669) – Andreikin, D. (2708)2017½–½Duda, J. (2750) – Praggnanandhaa, R. (2624)20221–0Indjic, A. (2636) – Vidit, S. (2730)2022½–½Tomashevsky, E. (2708) – Niemann, Hans Moke (2642)20220–1
Heroes of this opening Caruana, F. · Van Foreest, Jorden · Duda, J. · Niemann, Hans Moke
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A20
Line
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4
Positional
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