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1. c4
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A10 · English Opening
20 PGN · 20 FEN
- English Opening:
1. c4 - English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense:
1. c4 f5 - English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation:
1. c4 Nc6 - English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense:
1. c4 d5 - English Opening: Great Snake Variation:
1. c4 g6 - English Opening: Jaenisch Gambit:
1. c4 b5 - English Opening: Myers Defense:
1. c4 g5 - English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit:
1. c4 Nf6 2. e4 - English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit:
1. c4 f5 2. e4 - English Opening: Wade Gambit:
1. c4 f5 2. g4 - English Opening: Adorjan Defense:
1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 - English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn Gambit:
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 e6
A14 · English Opening
12 PGN · 12 FEN
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b3:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b3:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 b6 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b3:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 c5 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Keres Defense:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4 - English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined:
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 - Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation:
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 - Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Stonewall Line:
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2
A15 · English Opening
15 PGN · 15 FEN
- English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense:
1. c4 Nf6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Old Indian Formation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Scandinavian Defense:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Grünfeld Formation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Romanishin Variation:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Scandinavian Defense, Exchange Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Slav Formation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anti-Anti-Grünfeld:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
A16 · English Opening
7 PGN · 7 FEN
- English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 - English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 - English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5
A18 · English Opening
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 - English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 - English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5
A19 · English Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei Gambit:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8
A21 · English Opening
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 - English Opening: King's English Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Keres Defense:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Smyslov Defense:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Troger Defense:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6
A22 · English Opening
8 PGN · 8 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 - English Opening: Carls-Bremen System:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 - English Opening: King's English, Mazedonisch:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Adhiban Gambit:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Bellon Gambit:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 - English Opening: King's English, Erbenheimer Gambit:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 Ng4
A23 · English Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6
A25 · English Opening
11 PGN · 11 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Hungarian Attack:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 - English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Rb1 Nh6 5. Bg2 Bg7 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Bg2 - English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Bremen-Hort Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4
A26 · English Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System, Full Symmetry:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4
A28 · English Opening
9 PGN · 9 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 - English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Bradley Beach Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5
A29 · English Opening
14 PGN · 14 FEN
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, Be7:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 a6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Bc5:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O
A30 · English Opening
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation:
1. c4 c5 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 - English Opening: Wing Gambit:
1. c4 c5 2. b4 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Napolitano Gambit:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b4 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Hedgehog Defense:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 - English Opening: Symmetrical, Hedgehog, Flexible Formation:
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
A32 · English Opening
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense:
1. c4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
A33 · English Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Geller Variation:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6
A34 · English Opening
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Fianchetto Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Rubinstein Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Rubinstein Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7
A36 · English Opening
4 PGN · 4 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System:
1. c4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with e3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5
A37 · English Opening
9 PGN · 9 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation:
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6
A38 · English Opening
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Full Symmetry Line:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Double Fianchetto:
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Duchamp Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3
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