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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3

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Black to move
19,545 games · 1849-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2...Nf6

13,589

36.4%

36.2%

27.4%

2...Nc6

5,780

37.8%

32.4%

29.8%

2...d6

2,218

36.2%

32.8%

31%

2...Bb4

1,984

31.9%

32.3%

35.9%

2...f5

361

44.3%

25.8%

29.9%

2...g6

136

47.8%

25.7%

26.5%

2...c5

85

44.7%

28.2%

27.1%

2...c6

34

58.8%

20.6%

20.6%

2...Bc5

30

70%

16.7

13.3

2...b6

12

66.7%

16.7

16.7

2...a6

4

100%

2...Ne7

4

25%

50%

25%

2...Be7

3

33.3%

66.7%

2...h6

W Spoelman vs D Andreikin, 2018 0-1

2...Bb4 =0.00 (39 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 (1-0)
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968 (1-0)
R Toran Albero vs Tal, 1961 (0-1)
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001 (1-0)
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 (0-1)

DEBUT: Horwitz vs Harrwitz, 1849 (0-1)
RECENT: Harikrishna vs D Cawdery, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
World champions plays English Opening by Bharata
English - Three Knights - black by Latentdanger
Botvinnik English 1.c4 e5 A22 by Pyke

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
A21: English (4429)
A28: English (3642)
A22: English (3320)
A25: English (2896)
A29: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (2525)
A27: English, Three Knights System (1263)
A23: English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (505)
A26: English (487)
A54: Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (120)

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