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English Opening: The Whale

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1.e4e52.c4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
English Opening: The Whale2.5M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%811k49%
26%662k49%
17%435k51%
10%263k48%
3.9%99k46%
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation3.6%91k50%
2.1%54k53%
0.9%22k49%
English Opening: Adorjan Defense0.6%15k49%
0.5%12k46%
Famous games in this line44 master games
Antipov, M2. (2616) – Ovetchkin, R. (2546)20180–1Grabarczyk, Miroslaw (2505) – Jaracz, Pawel (2480)1998½–½Day, Lawrence A (2435) – Van der Wiel, John (2515)1984½–½Segalla, José Getulio Martin (2452) – Gysi, Adolf (2454)20070–1Langner, Ladislav (2360) – Smejkal, Jan (2510)19960–1Nemeth, Zoltan (2425) – Petran, Pal (2425)19971–0Heimberger, Reinhard (2247) – Beim, Valery (2563)2000½–½Lovric, Branko (2369) – Naumkin, Igor (2412)20030–1
Heroes of this opening Ovetchkin, R. · Gysi, Adolf · Smejkal, Jan · Nemeth, Zoltan
Family
English Opening
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C20
Line
1. e4 e5 2. c4
Positional
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King's Pawn Game: Bavarian Gambit2…d5
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English Opening: Wade Gambit1.c4 f5 2.g4English Opening: Wing Gambit1.c4 c5 2.b4English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit1.c4 Nf6 2.e4
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