A22: English opening

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6

English opening

A22 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 25796
Last Played: Dec 2021
Overall score:
37.8%32.9%29.3%

How to Play the English Opening

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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  12689
38.1 % 35.8 % 26.1 %
3. g3  10615
37.7 % 30.4 % 31.9 %
3. e3  801
33.3 % 39.1 % 27.6 %
3. d3  791
40.5 % 24 % 35.5 %
3. e4  719
34.5 % 23.6 % 41.9 %
3. a3  100
41 % 31 % 28 %
3. b3  28
46.4 % 46.4 %
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 %