A25

English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation

Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Rb1 Nh6 5. Bg2 Bg7 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.