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:

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Overall score:

39.9%

33%

27.1%

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Possible continuations:

2... g6

17731

41.7 %

29.2 %

29.1 %

2... e6

11490

41 %

34 %

25 %

2... c5

7013

36.1 %

37.1 %

26.8 %

2... e5

6881

35.1 %

37.4 %

27.4 %

2... d5

4768

40.9 %

34 %

25.1 %

2... d6

1440

40.1 %

31.2 %

28.7 %

2... c6

1437

44 %

32.2 %

23.8 %

2... b6

343

44.9 %

23.6 %

31.5 %

2... Nc6

150

47.3 %

26 %

26.7 %

2... a6

7

42.9 %

14.3 %

42.9 %

2... g5

2

50 %

50 %