ECO A19: English Opening
ECO A19 is part of volume A — Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it.
The shortest is English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian:
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5.
That position has come up in 268,469 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.1%, 5.3% were drawn and Black won 44.6%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 |
6 |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei Gambit | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 |
8 |