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A21 English Opening: King's English Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 d6 3.♘f3

A21 is the opening English Opening: King's English Variation of the volume A · Flank openings: 5 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 6 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

5,048 games in the collections, from 1837 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2430.

White wins 33 %, draws 33 %, Black wins 34 %

Most games: McNab, Colin Anderson (72), Uhlmann, Wolfgang (65), Miezis, Normunds (56), Hodgson, Julian M (37), Pribyl, Josef (36)

All 6 variations

  1. English Opening: King's English Variation 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 d6 3.♘f3
  2. English Opening: King's English Variation, Keres Defense 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 d6 3.g3 c6
  3. English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♗b4
  4. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3
  5. English Opening: King's English Variation, Smyslov Defense 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 d6 3.♘f3 ♗g4
  6. English Opening: King's English Variation, Troger Defense 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 d6 4.♗g2 ♗e6