A27: English, three knights system

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3

English, three knights system

A27 Sub-variants:

English, three knights system
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3

Overview

Games on Database:

4904

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

38.6%

31.7%

29.7%

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Played frequently by:

White
Wolfgang Uhlmann	40 games
Colin Anderson McNab	21 games
Dirk Poldauf	16 games

Black
Predrag Nikolic	14 games
Vlastimil Hort	13 games
Ryszard Bernard	12 games

Possible continuations:

3... Nf6

1946

38.6 %

33.5 %

27.9 %

3... f5

1219

35.2 %

30.9 %

33.9 %

3... g6

1054

37.1 %

33 %

29.9 %

3... d6

366

46.2 %

27.6 %

26.2 %

3... Bc5

153

54.2 %

20.3 %

25.5 %

3... Bb4

137

38.7 %

29.9 %

31.4 %

3... Nge7

15

40 %

33.3 %

26.7 %

3... Be7

4

75 %

25 %

3... a6

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

3... a5

2

100 %

3... b6

2

100 %