A21: English opening

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3

English opening

A21 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 40903
Last Played: Jan 2023
Overall score:
38.2%30.8%31%

How to Play the English Opening

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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  19530
38.8 % 31.5 % 29.7 %
2... Nc6  11899
38 % 31 % 31 %
2... d6  3517
35.7 % 31.6 % 32.7 %
2... Bb4  3369
31.3 % 31.6 % 37.1 %
2... f5  1261
40.2 % 25 % 34.8 %
2... g6  462
44.2 % 25.3 % 30.5 %
2... Bc5  351
61 % 15.4 % 23.6 %
2... c5  206
43.7 % 30.6 % 25.7 %
2... c6  187
56.7 % 19.3 % 24.1 %
2... b6  72
63.9 % 15.3 % 20.8 %
2... Ne7  16
31.3 % 37.5 % 31.3 %
2... Be7  14
57.1 % 14.3 % 28.6 %
2... a6  6
100 %
2... f6  2
50 % 50 %
2... Qh4  2
100 %
2... Bd6  2
100 %
2... Qf6  2
100 %
2... d5  2
100 %