A24 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.g3g6
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English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line81k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
96%78k56%
1.4%1.1k59%
0.8%65052%
0.6%44851%
0.4%30153%
0.2%16154%
0.1%10142%
0%3746%
0%3042%
0%2532%
Famous games in this line128 master games
Pashikian, Arman (2616) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2683)20110–1Jones, Gawain C (2641) – Swiercz, Dariusz (2609)20130–1Schön, Wolfram (2674) – Pugh, John (2563)2006½–½Hodgson, Julian M (2625) – Akopian, Vladimir (2600)19931–0Polugaevsky, Lev (2640) – Uhlmann, Wolfgang (2570)19721–0Kuzubov, Y. (2642) – Yilmaz, M. (2557)20141–0Ribli, Zoltan (2585) – Huebner, Robert (2595)1978½–½Moskalenko, Viktor (2555) – Akopian, Vladimir (2615)1993½–½
Heroes of this opening Wojtaszek, Radoslaw · Swiercz, Dariusz · Hodgson, Julian M · Polugaevsky, Lev
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A24
Line
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6
FianchettoPositional
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