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A26

English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System

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.

Top Players in this Opening

Smyslov, Vassily11 gamesLarsen, Bent10 gamesJussupow, Artur10 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V9 gamesSpassky, Boris V9 gamesNajdorf, Miguel9 gamesPortisch, Lajos8 gamesBotvinnik, Mikhail8 gamesShirov,A7 gamesReshevsky, Samuel Herman7 games

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