Opening name: English Opening - Symmetrical Variation
Opening line: 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6
Lichess Board
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Winning percentages
White: 941 (32.7%)
Black: 661 (22.97%)
Draws: 1276 (44.34%)
English Opening - Symmetrical Variation
2...Nc6
This move is not good because after 3. Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5. d4, White stands better, ready to push d5. Better is 2...g6, stopping this.
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3. g3 (Symmetrical English) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (2705222 games)
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 33
Score: +0.16
Best Move: Nf3
PV Line: 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5
Historical games for English Opening - Symmetrical Variation
| Game | Result | Year |
| Grischuk, A. (2766) vs So, W. (2778) | 1/2-1/2 | 2018 |
| Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751) vs Anand, V. (2786) | 1-0 | 2017 |
| Carlsen, Magnus (2863) vs Leko, Peter (2663) | 1-0 | 2020 |
| Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751) vs Le Quang Liem (2739) | 1/2-1/2 | 2017 |
| Aronian, L. (2772) vs Le Quang Liem (2713) | 1-0 | 2019 |
| Rapport, R. (2715) vs Eljanov, P. (2763) | 0-1 | 2015 |
| Wang, Yue (2705) vs Kamsky, Gata (2763) | 1-0 | 2013 |
| Eljanov, P. (2718) vs Dominguez Perez, L. (2746) | 1/2-1/2 | 2015 |
| Fischer, Robert James (2785) vs Spassky, Boris V (2660) | 1-0 | 1972 |
| Wang Yue (2720) vs Leko, P. (2723) | 0-1 | 2014 |