English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon

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1.c4e52.Nc3Nf63.g3d5

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English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon670k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

cxd583%559k54%

Bg214%95k51%

e30.7%4.7k41%

b30.6%3.7k41%

d30.4%2.3k42%

d40.3%1.8k43%

Nxd50.2%1.1k44%

c50.1%97539%

Nf30.1%57045%

Qb30%16949%

Famous games in this line2.1k master games

Caruana, Fabiano (2835) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2784)20201–0Ding Liren (2811) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2776)20191–0Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Giri, A. (2773)2015½–½Duda, J. (2748) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773)20191–0Kamsky, Gata (2741) – Svidler, Peter (2769)20131–0Svidler, P. (2765) – Matlakov, M. (2735)2017½–½Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2703) – Karjakin, Sergey (2786)2013½–½Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2703) – Karjakin, Sergey (2786)20130–1

Heroes of this opening Caruana, Fabiano · Ding Liren · Duda, J. · Kamsky, Gata

Family

English Opening

Category

Flank

First move

1.c4

ECO

A22

Line

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5

FianchettoSharpPositional

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Nearby lines in the family

English Opening: Neo-CatalanA13 1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, SicilianA19 1…e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Kurajica DefenseA13 1…e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6

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