ECO A16: English Opening
ECO A16 is part of volume A — Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 7 named lines under it.
The shortest is English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation:
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3.
That position has come up in 12,838,838 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.6%, 5.7% were drawn and Black won 44.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 |
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| English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 |
4 |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 |
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| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 |
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| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 |
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| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 |
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| English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi Variation | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 |
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