A30

English Opening: Symmetrical 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: Symmetrical Variation

The Symmetrical Variation of the English Opening (1.c4 c5) answers White's c-pawn with Black's own, keeping the position symmetrical. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. c4 c5 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 22 named lines that continue it, such as English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3.

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