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Opening name: English Opening
Opening line: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6
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Winning percentages

White: 1371 (35.86%)
Black: 1001 (26.18%)
Draws: 1451 (37.95%)



Engine Evaluation

Depth: 39
Score: +0.2
Best Move: Bg2
PV Line: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Be6 7. Rb1 a5

Historical games for English Opening

GameResultYear
Carlsen, Magnus (2863) vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2784)0-12020
Ding Liren (2805) vs Caruana, F. (2818)1-02019
Aronian, Levon (2808) vs Topalov, Veselin (2775)1/2-1/22011
Ding Liren (2805) vs Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773)0-12019
Carlsen, M. (2865) vs Artemiev, V. (2700)1-02022
Caruana, Fabiano (2835) vs Artemiev, Vladislav (2716)1-02020
Karpov, Anatoly (2735) vs Kramnik, Vladimir (2790)1/2-1/21998
Aronian, L. (2780) vs Duda, J. (2739)1/2-1/22018
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769) vs Svidler, Peter (2749)1-02012
Svidler, P. (2753) vs Yu Yangyi (2759)1/2-1/22018
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