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A29 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3

A29 is the opening English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line of the volume A · Flank openings: 7 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 14 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

4,680 games in the collections, from 1894 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2480.

White wins 34 %, draws 41 %, Black wins 25 %

Most games: Uhlmann, Wolfgang (118), Kortschnoj, Viktor (56), Romanishin, Oleg M (55), Timman, Jan H (51), Gulko, Boris F (50)

All 14 variations

  1. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3
  2. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗b4
  3. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗b4 5.♗g2 ♗xc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.O-O O-O
  4. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 d5 4.cxd5 ♘xd5 5.♘f3 ♘c6
  5. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 d5 4.cxd5 ♘xd5 5.♘f3 ♘c6 6.d3
  6. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♘f6 3.♗g2 d5 4.cxd5 ♘xd5 5.♘f3 ♘c6 6.d3 ♗e7 7.O-O O-O
  7. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, Delayed .. Nc6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.g3 ♗b4 4.♗g2 O-O 5.♘f3 ♖e8 6.O-O e4 7.♘d4 ♘c6
  8. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗c5 5.d3 d6 6.♗g2
  9. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗c5 5.d3 d6 6.♗g2 O-O 7.O-O
  10. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, Be7 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.g3 ♘c6 4.♗g2 d6 5.d3 ♗e7 6.♘f3 O-O
  11. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗c5 5.d3 d6 6.♗g2 a6
  12. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 ♗c5 5.d3 d6 6.♗g2 h6
  13. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Bc5 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 ♘xd5 6.♗g2 ♗c5
  14. English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♘f3 ♘c6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 ♘xd5 6.♗g2 ♘b6