English Defense

English Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs d4, b6. The book has 7 lines under this name, across ECO codes A40 to A40.

7 lines in the book · ECO A40 · 4,050 tagged puzzles in the source database

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English Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. b6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black pawn moves from b7 to b6.

Variations

Eastbourne Gambit1 lines · A40Hartlaub Gambit Accepted1 lines · A40Hartlaub Gambit Declined1 lines · A40Perrin Variation1 lines · A40Poli Gambit1 lines · A40

Named gambits and traps

4 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 4.

Puzzles from this opening

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Puzzle rating 1,286 · played 4,290 times in the source set

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