A23

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation

Key moves: 1.c4 e5

The Reversed Sicilian — Black plays ...e5 against the English, giving White a Sicilian-type position with an extra tempo. The resulting positions are rich and flexible.

History & Notable Players

A popular response that creates reversed Sicilian structures.

Best Games

Nakamura,Hi vs Topalov,V1/2-1/2
74th Tata Steel GMA • 2012★ Notable
Ljubojevic,L vs Gelfand,B1-0
Amber Blindfold • 2001★ Notable
Bacrot,E vs Svidler,P0-1
FIDE WCh KO • 2000★ Notable
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Tal, Mihail1-0
World Championship 24th • 1961★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Firouzja,Alireza1-0
chess.com SpeedChess 2024 • 2024
Caruana,F vs Nakamura,Hi0-1
Chessable Masters Div 1 W • 2023
So,W vs Nakamura,Hi1/2-1/2
Chessable Masters Div 1 W • 2023
Rogule,L vs Vachier Lagrave,M0-1
Lindores Abbey Tal Mem • 2021
Nakamura,Hi vs Wang Hao0-1
45th Biel GM • 2012
Nakamura,Hi vs Bacrot,E1-0
Biel Exhibition Blitz • 2012
Smyslov, Vassily vs Bronstein, David I1-0
Monte Carlo • 1969
Pfleger, Helmut vs Keres, Paul0-1
Bamberg • 1968
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Keres, Paul1-0
Piatigorsky Cup • 1963
Portisch, Lajos vs Spassky, Boris V0-1
HUN-URS • 1961
Nakamura,Hi vs Zhigalko,S1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 • 2025
Caruana,F vs Tanriverdi,Enes1-0
Titled Tue 24th Sep Late • 2024
Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. vs Nakamura,Hi1-0
Titled Tue 16th Jul Early • 2024
Caruana,F vs Bernadskiy,V1-0
Titled Tue 19th Mar Late • 2024
Navara,D vs Huschenbeth,N1-0
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2019-20 • 2019
Movsesian,S vs Navara,D1-0
Navara vs Movsesian Simul • 2016

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