ECO A21: English Opening: King's English Variation
ECO A21 is part of volume A, Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 6 named lines under it.
The shortest is English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3.
All of them are lines of the
English Opening: King's English Variation.
That position has come up in 18,498,372 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.7%, 4.9% were drawn and Black won 43.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 |
18.5M | 2 moves |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 |
1.1M | 2 moves |
| English Opening: King's English Variation | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 |
589K | 3 moves |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Keres Defense | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6 |
145K | 3 moves |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Smyslov Defense | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 |
25K | 3 moves |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Troger Defense | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 |
117K | 4 moves |