A22: English opening

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6

English opening

A22 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6

English, Bellon gambit
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5

English, Carls' Bremen system
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3

English, Bremen, reverse dragon
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5

English, Bremen, Smyslov system
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4

Overview

Games on Database:

27344

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

37.8%

33.2%

29%

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Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	134 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	120 games
Viktor Korchnoi	73 games

Black
Oleg M Romanishin	62 games
Ivan Farago	62 games
Anatoly Karpov	53 games

Possible continuations:

3. Nf3

13814

38 %

36.2 %

25.8 %

3. g3

10921

37.7 %

30.4 %

31.9 %

3. e3

894

34.7 %

39.1 %

26.2 %

3. d3

800

40.4 %

24.5 %

35.1 %

3. e4

729

34.6 %

23.6 %

41.8 %

3. a3

104

40.4 %

30.8 %

28.8 %

3. b3

29

44.8 %

48.3 %

3. d4

28

17.9 %

25 %

57.1 %

3. Qc2

8

37.5 %

25 %

37.5 %

3. f4

8

37.5 %

25 %

37.5 %

3. f3

3

100 %

3. Qb3

2

50 %

50 %

3. h3

2

100 %