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A25 English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♖b1 ♘h6 5.♗g2 ♗g7

A25 is the opening English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation of the volume A · Flank openings: 10 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 11 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

4,607 games in the collections, from 1875 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2418.

White wins 37 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 28 %

Most games: Hort, Vlastimil (50), Pribyl, Josef (43), Suba, Mihai (38), Contin, Daniel (35), Csom, Istvan (35)

All 11 variations

  1. English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♖b1 ♘h6 5.♗g2 ♗g7
  2. English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.e3 d6 6.♘ge2 ♘h6
  3. English Opening: King's English Variation, Bremen-Hort Variation 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.e3 d6 6.♘ge2 ♗e6
  4. English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.d3
  5. English Opening: King's English Variation, Hungarian Attack 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.♖b1
  6. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6
  7. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 ♘c6 4.♘c3 ♗b4 5.♘d5
  8. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 ♘c6 4.♘c3 ♗b4 5.e4 d6 6.♘ge2
  9. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 ♘c6 4.♘c3 ♗b4 5.e4 d6 6.♘ge2 ♗g4
  10. English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.g3 ♗b4 4.e4 O-O 5.♘ge2 ♘c6 6.♗g2
  11. English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7