A15: English opening

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3

English opening

A15 Sub-variants:

English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
1. c4 Nf6

English orang-utan
1. c4 Nf6 2. b4

English opening
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3

Overview

Games on Database:

90756

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

38.3%

39.9%

21.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ulf Andersson	419 games
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz	357 games
Lubomir Ftacnik	265 games

Black
Ivan Farago	141 games
Anatoly Karpov	125 games
Jan H Timman	122 games

Possible continuations:

2... g6

33968

40 %

36.9 %

23 %

2... e6

28594

37.4 %

41.6 %

21 %

2... c5

13617

37.3 %

42.3 %

20.4 %

2... b6

5743

30.3 %

47.6 %

22 %

2... c6

5204

38.5 %

40.6 %

20.9 %

2... d6

2798

43.4 %

32.3 %

24.3 %

2... d5

411

58.6 %

23.6 %

17.8 %

2... Nc6

373

47.5 %

25.5 %

27.1 %

2... a6

17

41.2 %

29.4 %

29.4 %

2... e5

16

50 %

18.8 %

31.3 %

2... b5

7

71.4 %

28.6 %

2... Rg8

2

100 %

2... Ng8

2

100 %