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A29

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line

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

Aronian,L72 gamesNepomniachtchi,I57 gamesTimman, Jan H42 gamesCaruana,F42 gamesCarlsen,M41 gamesNakamura,Hi40 gamesKarjakin,Sergey36 gamesSvidler,P35 gamesGelfand,B34 gamesKarpov, Anatoly33 games

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