A20: English opening

1. c4 e5

English opening

A20 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 e5

English, Nimzovich variation
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3

English, Nimzovich, Flohr variation
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4

Overview

Games on Database:

60970

Last Played:

May 2026

Overall score:

38.2%

31.5%

30.3%

Download master games

Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	226 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	198 games
Colin Anderson McNab	123 games

Black
Oleg M Romanishin	80 games
Viswanathan Anand	80 games
Ivan Sokolov	76 games

Possible continuations:

2. Nc3

42716

37.9 %

31.1 %

31 %

2. g3

15179

39 %

33.1 %

27.9 %

2. d3

860

42 %

30.6 %

27.4 %

2. e3

738

35.2 %

29 %

35.8 %

2. Nf3

736

37.9 %

31 %

31.1 %

2. e4

262

34.4 %

19.5 %

46.2 %

2. b3

229

41 %

29.3 %

29.7 %

2. a3

209

45 %

29.7 %

25.4 %

2. d4

25

20 %

32 %

48 %

2. Qc2

9

33.3 %

22.2 %

44.4 %

2. g4

4

25 %

75 %

2. h4

2

50 %

50 %