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English Opening
1.c4. White controls d5 from the side and keeps a flexible position, often with g3 and Bg2. Play usually goes to the queenside, where the c-pawn and the long diagonal give White pressure.
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All 39 lines in this opening
- English Opening
- English Opening: Symmetrical
- English Opening: Reversed Sicilian
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense
- English Opening: Anglo-Slav
- English Opening: Anglo-Indian
- English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld
- English Opening: King's English
- English Opening: King's English, Four Knights
- English Opening: Four Knights, 4.g3
- English Opening: Four Knights, 4.e3
- English Opening: Four Knights, 4.a3
- English Opening: Four Knights, 4.e4
- English Opening: Bremen System
- English Opening: Bremen, Keres
- English Opening: Bremen, 3...Bb4
- English Opening: Reversed Dragon
- English Opening: Closed, 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3
- English Opening: Closed, Botvinnik System
- English Opening: Symmetrical, 2.Nc3
- English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights
- English Opening: Symmetrical, Four Knights
- English Opening: Symmetrical, 4.d4
- English Opening: Symmetrical, Rubinstein
- English Opening: Hedgehog
- English Opening: Hedgehog, 2.Nc3
- English Opening: Pure Symmetrical
- English Opening: Ultra-Symmetrical
- English Opening: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6
- English Opening: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6
- English Opening: Mikenas, 3...d5
- English Opening: Mikenas, 3...c5
- English Opening: Neo-Catalan
- English Opening: Anglo-Slav 2.Nc3
- English Opening: Caro-Kann English
- English Opening: 1...b6
- English Opening: 1...f5
- English Opening: 1...g6
- English Opening: Great Snake