Chess openings: English (A10)

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English (A10)
1 c4

Number of games in database: 5655
Years covered: 1851 to 2019
Overall record:
   White wins 34.5%
   Black wins 33.9%
   Draws 31.7%

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PRACTITIONERS

With the White Pieces

With the Black Pieces

Normunds Miezis		33 games
Simon Kim Williams		33 games
Jan Smejkal		29 games

Anthony Miles		54 games
Kengis		51 games
Jonathan Speelman		44 games

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White Wins

Black Wins

Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963

Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1969

Portisch vs I Radulov, 1969

E Nikolic vs Fischer, 1968

D Zagorskis vs Sadler, 1998

F Catheley vs M Hadzikaric, 1995

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Horwitz vs Bird ½-½ 54 1851 London A10 English

2. Staunton vs Horwitz ½-½ 35 1851 London A10 English

3. Staunton vs Horwitz 0-1 94 1851 London A10 English

4. Wyvill vs Anderssen 0-1 27 1851 London A10 English

5. Wyvill vs Anderssen 1-0 49 1851 London A10 English

6. Loewenthal vs Harrwitz 0-1 41 1853 Harrwitz - Loewenthal m A10 English

7. T Frere vs Paulsen 0-1 41 1857 Blindfold simul, 5b A10 English

8. E Pindar vs Blackburne 1-0 26 1861 Blackburne - Pindar m(1) A10 English

9. S Solomons vs Mackenzie 0-1 33 1862 London A10 English

10. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie ½-½ 37 1862 MacDonnell - Mackenzie 1862/63 A10 English

11. S Solomons vs V Green 0-1 37 1862 London A10 English

12. Owen vs Steinitz 1-0 61 1862 London A10 English

13. Owen vs Mongredien 1-0 63 1862 London A10 English

14. De Vere vs de Riviere 1-0 26 1867 Paris A10 English

15. Detroit vs New York Chess Club ½-½ 43 1867 Match A10 English

16. De Vere vs Steinitz 0-1 76 1867 Paris A10 English

17. S W Sedgefield vs A Burns 0-1 42 1868 Match A10 English

18. Stephenson vs E Schallopp 0-1 52 1868 Hamburg blindfold simul A10 English

19. R Hale vs A Burns 0-1 29 1868 Adelaide Chess Club v Melbourne Chess Club telegraph match A10 English

20. A Johnston vs Mackenzie 0-1 31 1871 2nd American Chess Congress A10 English

21. J Wisker vs Bird 1-0 38 1873 London m3 A10 English

22. Zukertort vs W Potter 1-0 27 1875 London A10 English

23. L Goldsmith vs C M Fisher 0-1 32 1875 Match-Game 12 A10 English

24. M Judd vs L D Barbour 1-0 28 1876 4th American Chess Congress A10 English

25. M Judd vs H Davidson ½-½ 48 1876 4th American Chess Congress A10 English

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Sep-22-06		NateDawg: <Kwesi> Good game! According to analysis by Fritz 9 and Crafty 19.19, you played very well, with only the one main mistake (13...♕xe7?). However, you still had good counterplay, and played almost perfectly after that. White might have tried 16. ♕a4, holding on to the extra pawn. Also, 17. ♖cxe6 was probably a mistake, trading Black's e-pawn for White's important b-pawn, which was needed to keep Black's queenside pawns at bay. After trading queens, White still had a good chance for a draw. According to Fritz and Crafty, White's final major mistake was 29. ♗b5??; better was 29. ♖e3, after which the position is even (-0.05). I don't really understand why, but endgames have never been my strongsuit =). After White's apparent blunder you efficiently reached a won position.

Sep-23-06		Kwesi: Thanks <NateDawg>! After 13...Qxe7 I thought I could get the pawn back but I missed 16.Qa4 :(

Jan-08-07		Silverstrike: Hello, this is a game I played almost a year ago in last april, I was black against the English and was looking for any thoughts on this game. Thanks in advance White: Manojraja Natarajan (the same as Jamal M J Raja perhaps?) Black: Julius Schwartz Event: Edinburgh Major (U-1700) 2006 Date: 2/4/'06 Round: 4 Board: 3 White ELO: 1627 Black ELO: - 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.e4 Be7 7.Nge2 0-0 8.0-0 Nh5 9.Nd5 g5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nec3 Ng7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Be3 Ne6 14.h4 Kg7 15.Qd2 Kg6 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.f3 Rh8 19.Nc3 Bh3 20.Ng5 Qg7 21.a3 Nd4 22.Qd1 Kf7 23.Kf2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nf4+ 25.Nxf4 gxf4 26.Bf2 fxg3 27.Bxd4 Rh2+ 28.Kg1 g2 29.Kxh2 g1Q+ 30.Rxg1 Rh8# click for larger view An interesting feature is that both players have all of their pieces within their respective halves of the board! I don't think that I played the opening particularly well, so I decided to go for broke with 8...Nh5 and 9...g5 etc. I think my opponent maybe could've exploited this better than he tried to. After that I attacked him and eventually won. All comments are welcome. I will post this game in the Kibitzer's Cafe aswell. After winning this game I won the next against a 1688 rated player to take joint first place with 4.5/5.

Apr-27-08		refutor: hello all! what is the "GM" line in the English Defense (1.c4 b6). i'm curious in this line for both sides. Thanks!

Jul-08-08		Cactus: <refutor> In my own experience at least, it tends to transpose into a Nimzo or Queen's Indian depending on white's play (e.g. 1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 or Nf3)

Feb-20-09		Pianoplayer: I love the english!

Feb-20-09		chessman95: I don't try this one very often: it looks a bit passive. This move dosn't help develop any peices and I find it annoying that often I can't pin black's knight on C6 because the pawn is in the way. Also, it immediatly tells black (unless the white player is crazy) that white will be castling on the king-side, so as black I usually start preparing an attack on that side of the board when my opponent uses the English. It dosen't encourage me to use it that the winning percentage for white and black is almost equal on this site.

Feb-26-09		ILikeFruits: i love... the french...

Feb-26-09		I Like Fish: i love... the birds... the bees... the flowers... and... the trees...

Feb-27-09		ILikeFruits: hello fish...

Feb-27-09		I Like Fish: La vie est vaine... Un peu d'amour... Un peu de haine... Et puis bonjour... La vie est br�ve... Un peu d'espoir... Un peu de r�ve... Et puis bonsoir...

Feb-27-09		ILikeFruits: are you... french...

Feb-27-09		Open Defence: Oui...Oui....

Feb-28-09		ILikeFruits: wee... wee...

Feb-28-09		I Like Fish: hello fruits... I... do not... remember... the exact... words... �a promet...

Mar-09-09		parisattack: <chessman95: I don't try this one very often: it looks a bit passive. This move dosn't help develop any peices and I find it annoying that often I can't pin black's knight on C6 because the pawn is in the way. Also, it immediatly tells black (unless the white player is crazy) that white will be castling on the king-side, so as black I usually start preparing an attack on that side of the board when my opponent uses the English. It dosen't encourage me to use it that the winning percentage for white and black is almost equal on this site.> None of the hypermodern openings for White have fared too well at the top level the past few years. I suppose the English is the least 'hyper' of them. Its a great opening if you have the positional touch - although its fun to compare how different players have worked it - Reti, Flohr, Botvinnik, Tal, Stein. Tal and Stein got some fairly lively games out of it...

Mar-10-09		chessman95: English Games are very active for such an 'anti-developmental' move, but I think the reason is more because black always gets crazy attacks on white than because white gets open peice play. Good for the defensive player!

Jun-02-09		ILikeFruits: i believe... english is better... than italian... but french... is better... than sicilian... which is... also better... than polish... i like... russian...

Jul-25-09		whiteshark: Opening of the Day <Jaenisch Gambit <1.c4 b5>> Opening Explorer

Mar-09-10		rapidcitychess: The English Bremen <1 c4 e5> is very good. I always play the Rossililomo reversed. My move order is <1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e5 3 g3 Bb4!> Black takes a lot of drive out of the English without White's Queen Knight. If you remember, white can play 2 Bg5 in the dutch and do a lot of damage. If black tries the main line <1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Bb4 3 Nd5! Be7 4 d4 d6 5 e4 Nf6! 6 Nxe7 Qxe7 7 f3> click for larger view /

May-12-10		Archswindler: <chessman95: English Games are very active for such an 'anti-developmental' move, but I think the reason is more because black always gets crazy attacks on white than because white gets open peice play. Good for the defensive player!> I don't think you understand the English very well at all. If black is getting 'crazy attacks', it's because white is a patzer and is handling the opening wrong.

Mar-05-12		Penguincw: Opening of the Day Jaenisch Gambit 1.c4 b5 click for larger view

Sep-23-13		Kikoman: <Opening of the Day> Jaenisch Gambit 1. c4 b5 click for larger view

Aug-03-14		ljfyffe: James Narraway(New Brunswick)- D. Waters (Minnesota)-1886 correspondence-< 1c4 e6 2e3 c5 3g3 Nf6 4Bg2 d5 5Ne2 Bd6 6Nbc3 dxc4 7Qa4+ Bd7 8Qxc4 Nc6 9d4 Na510Qd3 c4 11Qc2 a6 12f4 Nc6 13a3 b5 14e4 Bc7 15e5 Nh5 16Ne4 f5 17Nc5 Qc8 18Nxe6 Ba5+ 19Bd2 Bxd2+ 20Qxd2 Bxe6 21d5 Bd7 22Nd4 Nxd4 23Qxd4 Qb7 24Bf3 g6 25e6 0-0-0 260-0 Bc6 27Qc5 Kb8 28dxc6 Qa7 29Qxa7+ Kxa7 30Rad1 Rxd1+ 31Rxd1 1-0>

Aug-04-14		ljfyffe: Date refers to when game printed in St. John Globe.

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