A20: English opening

1. c4 e5

English opening

A20 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 e5

English, Nimzovich variation
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3

English, Nimzovich, Flohr variation
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4

Overview

Games on Database:

59806

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

38.3%

31.4%

30.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	226 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	198 games
Colin Anderson McNab	123 games

Black
Oleg M Romanishin	80 games
Viswanathan Anand	80 games
Ivan Sokolov	76 games

Possible continuations:

2. Nc3

42088

38 %

31 %

31 %

2. g3

14777

39.1 %

33 %

27.9 %

2. d3

797

42.9 %

28.7 %

28.4 %

2. Nf3

725

37.9 %

30.8 %

31.3 %

2. e3

711

35 %

29 %

36 %

2. e4

262

34.4 %

19.5 %

46.2 %

2. b3

217

40.1 %

28.6 %

31.3 %

2. a3

189

44.4 %

29.6 %

25.9 %

2. d4

24

20.8 %

29.2 %

50 %

2. Qc2

9

33.3 %

22.2 %

44.4 %

2. g4

4

25 %

75 %

2. h4

2

50 %

50 %