A21: English opening

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3

English opening

A21 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3

English, Troeger defence
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. Bg2 Nc6

English, Keres variation
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6

English opening
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3

English, Smyslov defence
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4

English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4

Overview

Games on Database:

42193

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

38%

31%

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Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	204 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	191 games
Colin Anderson McNab	118 games

Black
Jan H Timman	62 games
Oleg M Romanishin	59 games
Vassily Smyslov	56 games

Possible continuations:

2... Nf6

20193

38.7 %

31.6 %

29.7 %

2... Nc6

12098

37.9 %

31.1 %

31 %

2... Bb4

3695

30.9 %

32 %

37 %

2... d6

3597

35.6 %

31.5 %

32.9 %

2... f5

1268

40.1 %

25 %

34.9 %

2... g6

465

44.3 %

25.4 %

30.3 %

2... Bc5

354

60.5 %

15.8 %

23.7 %

2... c5

214

44.9 %

30.4 %

24.8 %

2... c6

187

56.7 %

19.3 %

24.1 %

2... b6

63.9 %

15.3 %

20.8 %

2... Ne7

31.3 %

37.5 %

31.3 %

2... Be7

57.1 %

14.3 %

28.6 %

2... a6

100 %

2... f6

50 %

2... Qh4

100 %

2... Bd6

100 %

2... Qf6

100 %

2... d5

100 %