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ECO A28: English Opening
ECO A28 is part of volume A — Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 9 named lines under it.
The shortest is English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation:
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6.
That position has come up in 1,840,475 Lichess games between
players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 52.0%,
5.8% were drawn and Black won 42.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 |
6 |
| English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 |
7 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 |
7 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 |
7 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 |
7 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Bradley Beach Variation |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 |
8 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 |
10 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 |
13 |
| English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation |
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 |
16 |