A37 · Flank · a plan for White

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3

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1.c4c52.Nc3Nc63.g3g64.Bg2Bg75.Nf3e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf373k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%43k51%
28%21k49%
4.5%3.3k46%
4.4%3.3k42%
1.7%1.3k54%
0.5%38847%
0.4%31347%
0.3%20252%
0.2%16342%
0.2%12167%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2795) – Carlsen, Magnus (2848)2012½–½Aronian, L. (2792) – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2819)20160–1Karjakin, Sergey (2785) – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2804)2016½–½Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Grischuk, A. (2781)2015½–½Ding Liren (2801) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2780)20191–0Adams, Mi (2748) – Caruana, F. (2823)2016½–½Aronian, Levon (2808) – Grischuk, Alexander (2747)20110–1Svidler, P. (2753) – Grischuk, A. (2792)2014½–½
Heroes of this opening Vachier Lagrave, Maxime · Ding Liren · Grischuk, Alexander
Family
English Opening
Category
Flank
First move
1.c4
ECO
A37
Line
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5
FianchettoSharpPositional
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