A18: English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4

English, Mikenas-Carls variation

A18 Sub-variants:

English, Mikenas-Carls variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4

English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5

English, Mikenas-Carls, Kevitz variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6

Overview

Games on Database:

5204

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

46%

30.7%

23.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	31 games
Viktor Korchnoi	22 games
Davor Ramesa	17 games

Black
Hikaru Nakamura	14 games
Tomas Petrik	13 games
Eduardas Rozentalis	13 games

Possible continuations:

3... d5

2844

44.4 %

34 %

21.6 %

3... c5

1233

38.4 %

33.7 %

27.9 %

3... d6

550

56.5 %

20.5 %

22.9 %

3... Nc6

210

53.3 %

18.1 %

28.6 %

3... Bb4

188

70.2 %

16.5 %

3... e5

134

48.5 %

26.9 %

24.6 %

3... b6

16

75 %

3... c6

14

64.3 %

28.6 %

3... Be7

5

80 %

20 %

3... g6

3

100 %

3... Bc5

2

50 %

50 %