A19 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian

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1.c4e62.Nc3Nf63.e4c5

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English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian221k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

66k55%

49k50%

45k55%

37k52%

8.9k53%

5.0k50%

2.8k47%

1.8k50%

1.4k46%

1.2k49%

Famous games in this line1.0k master games

Ding Liren (2811) – Radjabov, T. (2758)20191–0 Caruana, F. (2792) – Rapport, R. (2763)20220–1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (2766) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2760)2012½–½ Maghsoodloo, Parham (2695) – Giri, A. (2748)2025½–½ Kasparov, Garry (2800) – Beliavsky, Alexander G (2640)19911–0 Giri, A. (2767) – Dubov, Daniil (2648)2016½–½ Vitiugov, Nikita (2694) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2715)2009½–½ Wojtaszek, R. (2748) – Kovalev, Vl (2661)20190–1

Heroes of this opening Ding Liren · Rapport, R. · Kasparov, Garry · Kovalev, Vl

Family: English Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.c4
ECO: A19
Line: 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5

Positional

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Go deeper — named lines from here

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei GambitA19 4.e5 Ng8

Nearby lines in the family

English Opening: Neo-CatalanA13 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Kurajica DefenseA13 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-EnglishA17 1…Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4

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