A38: English, symmetrical variation

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6

English, symmetrical variation

A38 Sub-variants:

English, symmetrical variation
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6

English, symmetrical, main line with d3
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3

English, symmetrical, main line with b3
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3

Overview

Games on Database:

4315

Last Played:

May 2026

Overall score:

37.7%

40.9%

21.4%

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Played frequently by:

White
Sandor Farago	12 games
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Heikki Lehtinen	9 games

Black
Bartlomiej Macieja	17 games
Keith C Arkell	16 games
Emil Szalanczy	12 games

Possible continuations:

6. O-O

3031

35.6 %

41.5 %

22.9 %

6. d4

1051

45.5 %

40.2 %

14.4 %

6. d3

141

29.1 %

39.7 %

31.2 %

6. a3

42.9 %

28.6 %

6. e3

22.7 %

40.9 %

36.4 %

6. e4

47.4 %

15.8 %

36.8 %

6. b3

50 %

38.9 %

6. Rb1

25 %

75 %