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English Opening

White starts with a side pawn and fights for the center from the flank. It is flexible and often changes into other openings.

17 openings · 87 lines

Agincourt Defense

You play WhiteECO code A13Difficulty: Medium13 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O
  2. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O
  3. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3
  4. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3
  5. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O
  6. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3
  7. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3
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Agincourt Defense

You play Black1. c4ECO code A13Difficulty: Medium8 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5
  2. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 c5
  3. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O
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Anglo-Indian Defense

You play WhiteECO code A15Difficulty: Medium8 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5
  2. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5
  3. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
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Anglo-Indian Defense

You play Black1. c4ECO code A15Difficulty: Medium9 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 e6
  2. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3
  3. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6
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Closed

You play Black1. c4ECO code A25Difficulty: Medium8 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Rb1 Nh6 5. Bg2 Bg7
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6
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Four Knights System

You play WhiteECO code A28Difficulty: Medium15 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4
  3. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O
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Four Knights System

You play Black1. c4ECO code A28Difficulty: Medium7 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
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King's English Variation

You play WhiteECO code A20Difficulty: Medium19 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2
  3. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O
  4. 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d3
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Other lines

You play WhiteECO code A10Difficulty: Medium13 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. g3
  3. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
  4. 1. c4 f5 2. e4
  5. 1. c4 g5 2. d4
  6. 1. c4 g6 2. e4
  7. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2
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Other lines

You play WhiteECO code A10Difficulty: Medium11 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 c5 2. b4
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3
  3. 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5
  4. 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. g4
  5. 1. c4 Nf6 2. e4
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Other lines

You play Black1. c4ECO code A10Difficulty: Medium2 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5
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Symmetrical

You play WhiteECO code A30Difficulty: Medium10 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7
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Symmetrical

You play Black1. c4ECO code A30Difficulty: Medium10 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7
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Symmetrical Variation

You play Black1. c4ECO code A30Difficulty: Medium19 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5
  2. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6
  3. 1. c4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7
  4. 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
  5. 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5
  6. 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6
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English Opening

You play WhiteECO code A10Difficulty: Demanding34 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2
  2. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5
  3. 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3
  4. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3
  5. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5
  6. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3
  7. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
  8. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
  9. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2
  10. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
  11. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
  12. 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. g4
  13. 1. c4 g5 2. d4
  14. 1. c4 g6 2. e4
  15. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3
  16. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
  17. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5
  18. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2
  19. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
  20. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
  21. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
  22. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
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King's English Variation

You play Black1. c4ECO code A20Difficulty: Demanding29 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5
  2. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3
  3. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
  4. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6
  5. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6
  6. 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4
  7. 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4
  8. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
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Symmetrical Variation

You play WhiteECO code A30Difficulty: Demanding30 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3
  2. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
  3. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2
  4. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
  5. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
  6. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4
  7. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
  8. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2
  9. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4
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