A16: English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense

A16 Sub-variants:

English opening
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Smyslov defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Czech defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3

English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense, Korchnoi variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5

Overview

Games on Database:

4815

Last Played:

Jun 2025

Overall score:

40.9%

34%

25.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Normunds Miezis	27 games
Klaus Bischoff	18 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	17 games

Black
Lev Gutman	35 games
Victor Mikhalevski	35 games
Michal Konopka	30 games

Possible continuations:

3. cxd5

4226

41.7 %

34.3 %

24 %

3. d4

468

35.5 %

34 %

30.6 %

3. e3

35.5 %

24.7 %

39.8 %

3. g3

40 %

30 %

3. Nf3

33.3 %

55.6 %

3. d3

25 %

50 %

25 %

3. b3

50 %