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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Last Played:

Aug 2025

Overall score:

39.9%

33.1%

27%

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Possible continuations:

2... g6

17983

41.8 %

29.3 %

29 %

2... e6

11686

41.1 %

34 %

24.9 %

2... e5

7164

35.1 %

37.7 %

27.3 %

2... c5

7149

36.3 %

37.1 %

26.6 %

2... d5

4817

40.9 %

34.1 %

25.1 %

2... d6

1455

40.2 %

31.3 %

28.5 %

2... c6

1451

44.1 %

32.3 %

23.6 %

2... b6

347

44.4 %

24.2 %

31.4 %

2... Nc6

153

48.4 %

25.5 %

26.1 %

2... a6

7

42.9 %

14.3 %

42.9 %

2... g5

2

50 %

50 %