A15: English opening

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3

English opening

A15 Sub-variants:

English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
1. c4 Nf6

English orang-utan
1. c4 Nf6 2. b4

English opening
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3

Overview

Games on Database:

88731

Last Played:

Apr 2024

Overall score:

38.3%

39.8%

21.9%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ulf Andersson	419 games
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz	357 games
Lubomir Ftacnik	265 games

Black
Ivan Farago	141 games
Anatoly Karpov	125 games
Jan H Timman	122 games

Possible continuations:

2... g6

33424

40 %

36.9 %

23.1 %

2... e6

27622

37.4 %

41.6 %

21 %

2... c5

13373

37.3 %

42.2 %

20.5 %

2... b6

5601

30.5 %

47.6 %

21.9 %

2... c6

5127

38.5 %

40.4 %

21 %

2... d6

2763

43.4 %

32.5 %

24.1 %

2... d5

410

58.8 %

23.4 %

17.8 %

2... Nc6

364

47.3 %

25.3 %

27.5 %

2... a6

16

43.8 %

25 %

31.3 %

2... e5

16

50 %

18.8 %

31.3 %

2... b5

7

71.4 %

28.6 %

2... Rg8

2

100 %

2... Ng8

2

100 %