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ECO A26: English Opening

ECO A26 is part of volume A — Flank Openings. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System, Full Symmetry: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6.

That position has come up in 52,721 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.6%, 6.7% were drawn and Black won 46.7%.

OpeningMovesPlies
English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System, Full Symmetry 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 10
English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 11