A16: English opening

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3

English opening

A16 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Smyslov defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Czech defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense, Korchnoi variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5

Overview

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Overall score:

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33%

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Possible continuations:

2... g6

17903

41.7 %

29.2 %

29 %

2... e6

11625

41.1 %

34 %

24.9 %

2... c5

7104

36.2 %

37.1 %

26.7 %

2... e5

7086

35.1 %

37.6 %

27.3 %

2... d5

4803

40.9 %

34 %

25.1 %

2... d6

1450

40.3 %

31.2 %

28.6 %

2... c6

1446

44 %

32.3 %

23.7 %

2... b6

345

44.6 %

23.8 %

31.6 %

2... Nc6

152

48 %

25.7 %

26.3 %

2... a6

7

42.9 %

14.3 %

42.9 %

2... g5

2

50 %

50 %