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:

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Possible continuations:

2... g6

18138

41.8 %

29.3 %

29 %

2... e6

11785

41.2 %

34 %

24.8 %

2... e5

7312

35.1 %

37.8 %

27 %

2... c5

7230

36.3 %

37.2 %

26.5 %

2... d5

4834

40.9 %

34.1 %

25.1 %

2... d6

1459

40.3 %

31.3 %

28.4 %

2... c6

1457

44 %

32.3 %

23.7 %

2... b6

351

44.2 %

24.8 %

31.1 %

2... Nc6

154

48.7 %

25.3 %

26 %

2... a6

7

42.9 %

14.3 %

42.9 %

2... g5

2

50 %

50 %