Tree path 5 levels English Opening › Anglo-Indian Defense › Queen's Knight Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Fianchetto Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Rubinstein Variation
- Caissa Codex
- English Opening A10
- Anglo-Indian Defense A15
- Queen's Knight Variation A16
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Fianchetto Variation A34
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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Rubinstein Variation
Overview
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Rubinstein Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A34.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Fianchetto Variation, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.
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- ECO code
- A34
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
99,800 games · White 44.9% / Draw 6.8% / Black 48.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 59,956 | |
| d3 | 14,552 | |
| e3 | 12,232 | |
| Qb3 | 3,486 | |
| Qa4+ | 3,274 | |
| e4 | 1,897 | |
| b3 | 1,439 | |
| f4 | 952 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:48:16
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