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A21 English opening

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Related Openings:

A21: English opening
A22: English opening
A23: English, Bremen system, Keres variation
A24: English, Bremen system with ...g6
A25: English, Sicilian reversed
A26: English, closed system
A27: English, three knights system
A28: English, four knights system
A29: English, four knights, kingside fianchetto

Start Engine Analysis

Stored Analysis: +0.10 Depth 40

Moves List:

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3

Next Move

# of Games

Last Played

Winnings percentage
White / Draw / Black

Engine Eval.

2... Nf6

19,853

2024

38.8 %

31.5 %

29.7 %

+0.08 Dpt 42

2... Nc6

11,995

2024

38 %

31 %

+0.37 Dpt 43

2... d6

3,559

2024

35.7 %

31.6 %

32.8 %

+0.31 Dpt 32

2... Bb4

3,519

2024

31 %

31.9 %

37.1 %

+0.08 Dpt 45

2... f5

1,266

2024

40.1 %

25 %

34.9 %

+0.27 Dpt 32

2... g6

462

2023

44.2 %

25.3 %

30.5 %

+0.48 Dpt 30

2... Bc5

353

2023

60.6 %

15.9 %

23.5 %

+0.48 Dpt 25

2... c5

211

2023

44.1 %

30.8 %

25.1 %

+0.27 Dpt 35

2... c6

187

2018

56.7 %

19.3 %

24.1 %

+1.07 Dpt 25

2... b6

2016

63.9 %

15.3 %

20.8 %

+0.49 Dpt 29

2... Ne7

2007

31.3 %

37.5 %

31.3 %

+0.15 Dpt 20

2... Be7

2018

57.1 %

28.6 %

+0.33 Dpt 23

2... a6

2001

100 %

+0.34 Dpt 20

2... Bd6

2004

100 %

+0.51 Dpt 23

2... Qh4

2005

100 %

+1.06 Dpt 20

2... Qf6

2007

100 %

+0.96 Dpt 20

2... d5

2003

100 %

+0.85 Dpt 20

2... f6

2007

50 %

+0.65 Dpt 20

2... Na6

1-0, Le Basnier (1730) vs. Bouget (1099)

2... Nh6

1-0, Karpov (2710) vs. Lecoq

2... h6

1-0, Viens (1340) vs. Robitaille (976)

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The English Opening

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