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
Related Openings
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Best Games
Flores,Di vs Radjabov,T0-1
WCC 2005Notable
Anand,V vs Touzane,O1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2000Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2000Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2000Notable
Radjabov, Teimour vs Guseinov, Kadir0-1
Wch U12 1998Notable
Milos, Gilberto vs Shirov, Alexei0-1
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997Notable
Gratka, Krzysztof vs Dominguez Perez, Lenier1-0
Wch U14 1996Notable
Gelfand, Boris vs Anand, Viswanathan1-0
Linares 1991Notable
Kasparov, Gary vs Short, Nigel D1-0
Linares 1990Notable
Spraggett, Kevin vs Jussupow, Artur0-1
Wch-blitz 1988Notable
Afifi, Assem vs Spassky, Boris V1/2-1/2
WchT 1985Notable
Negulescu, Adrian vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
Wch U20 1980Notable
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1979Notable
Seirawan, Yasser vs Jussupow, Artur0-1
Wch U20 1978Notable
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos1-0
Biel Interzonal 1976Notable
Caruana,F vs Carlsen,M0-1
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Kamsky,G vs Shirov,A1-0
TCh-RUS Men 2015 2015
Bachmann,Ax vs Shirov,A0-1
40th Olympiad Open 2012