English Opening

White starts with c4 and fights for d5 without committing the d-pawn. The position can transpose into a Queen's Gambit, a Sicilian with colors reversed, or stay in English setups with a fianchetto on g2. The named lines cover those branches.

176 lines in the book · ECO A10 to C20 · 38,896 tagged puzzles in the source database

Play the main line

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English Opening

Play the next move in the line.

  1. c4

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.

Variations

Achilles-Omega Gambit1 lines · A10Adorjan Defense1 lines · A10Anglo-Dutch Defense2 lines · A10Anglo-Dutch Variation2 lines · A10Anglo-Lithuanian Variation1 lines · A10Anglo-Scandinavian Defense4 lines · A10Great Snake Variation1 lines · A10Jaenisch Gambit1 lines · A10King's English Variation53 lines · A10 to A29Myers Defense1 lines · A10Myers Gambit1 lines · A10Porcupine Variation1 lines · A10Wade Gambit1 lines · A10Zilbermints Gambit1 lines · A10Caro-Kann Defensive System1 lines · A11Agincourt Defense23 lines · A13 to A14Neo-Catalan1 lines · A13Neo-Catalan Declined1 lines · A13Romanishin Gambit1 lines · A13Anglo-Indian Defense25 lines · A15 to A19Anglo-Grünfeld Defense2 lines · A16Mikenas-Carls Variation3 lines · A18Mikenas-Carls1 lines · A19Drill Variation1 lines · A20Carls-Bremen System1 lines · A22King's English2 lines · A22Closed2 lines · A25Four Knights System1 lines · A28Symmetrical Variation36 lines · A30 to A39Symmetrical1 lines · A30Wing Gambit1 lines · A30The Whale1 lines · C20

Named gambits and traps

19 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 19.

Puzzles from this opening

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