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English (A17)
1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6

Number of games in database: 1596
Years covered: 1889 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 36.3%
   Black wins 20.4%
   Draws 43.3%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Viktor Korchnoi  35 games
Jan Smejkal  32 games
Vladimir Kramnik  31 games
Oleg Romanishin  33 games
Viktor Korchnoi  30 games
Ratmir Kholmov  23 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Stein vs Smyslov, 1972
Kramnik vs Karpov, 1997
Carlsen vs Adams, 2006
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994
Keres vs Smyslov, 1953
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2001
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 page 1 of 64; games 1-25 of 1,596  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. E Delmar vs Lipschutz 0-161 1889 USA-06.Congress New YorkA17 English
2. Blackburne vs A Hodges  ½-½62 1908 Anglo-USA cable mtA17 English
3. Reti vs Von Gottschall  1-032 1925 24. DSB KongressA17 English
4. Kupchik vs Marshall  1-035 1926 Lake HopatcongA17 English
5. A Duenmann vs Gilg  ½-½32 1926 DSV KongressA17 English
6. Kmoch vs Alekhine  ½-½37 1927 pre-AA17 English
7. L Schmitt vs Ahues  0-126 1927 DSB-25.KongressA17 English
8. K Helling vs W Von Holzhausen  ½-½53 1928 It Cafe KoenigA17 English
9. K Helling vs L Steiner  0-150 1928 It Cafe KoenigA17 English
10. Capablanca vs P Soler 1-032 1929 Barcelona Int.Tourn.A17 English
11. Mieses vs B Moritz  1-038 1931 27. DSB KongressA17 English
12. E Reinhardt vs H Von Hennig ½-½60 1932 Hamburg-Altona GERA17 English
13. H Muller vs S Rubinstein  1-035 1932 Trebitsch Memorial 15thA17 English
14. S Beutum vs S Rubinstein  ½-½43 1933 Trebitsch Memorial 16thA17 English
15. F Gygli vs O Bernstein  ½-½71 1934 ZurichA17 English
16. Chekhover vs Lisitsin  ½-½42 1936 Moscow mA17 English
17. Levenfish vs Botvinnik  0-141 1937 RussiaA17 English
18. Ragozin vs Chekhover  1-042 1939 URS-ch11A17 English
19. Chekhover vs P Dubinin  ½-½32 1939 URS-ch11A17 English
20. V Petrov vs Book  ½-½41 1939 KemeriA17 English
21. E R Lundin vs A Gromer  1-040 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men)A17 English
22. Alatortsev vs Levenfish 0-140 1940 Leningrad (Russia)A17 English
23. Santasiere vs Marshall 0-124 1941 ch Marshall CCA17 English
24. K Junge vs H Muller  ½-½48 1941 GER-chA17 English
25. E R Lundin vs Opocensky  1-049 1941 Munich GERA17 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-05-03   Smobin420: any good players out there and do you wont to play
Jul-01-03   Dustin J.: Well I play the English so sure e-mail me at illumantieagle06@yahoo.com to setup a game.
Jul-03-03   Benjamin Lau: The setup above often transposes to the Nimzo Indian.
Apr-16-06   WTHarvey: Here are some winning combinations in the English Hedgehog (A17): http://www.wtharvey.com/a17.html What's the best move?
Jan-02-08   lentil: after 3.e4 Bb5?! 4. e5 Black has some poor choices. for example 4... Ng8 5 Qg4 Bf8. Or 4...Bxc3 5 bc (5 dc) Ne4?! 6 Qg4 d5 7 d3 Nxc3 8 Qxg7 Rf8 9 Bg5
Mar-28-08   larsen959: After 3.Cf3 Ab4 it's interesting 4.g4!? h6 5.Tg1 (like the Keres Attack in the SIcilian Scheveningen)
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