English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack

A21

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4

How it went

237 ours · 1,175 masters

White wins 38% Draws 24% Black wins 38%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Anand V 1-0 · 2019
Carlsen, M.. — Mamedyarov, S.. 0-1 · 2022
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Caruana, Fabiano — Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Caruana, Fabiano — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 2016

Games in Spain

Kramnik,V (2753) — Anton Guijarro,D (2685) 1-0
Rubio Mejia,L (2416) — Maghsoodloo,Parham (2701) 0-1
Maghsoodloo,Parham (2695) — Anton Guijarro,D (2625) 1-0
Maghsoodloo,Parham (2677) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2408) 1-0
Van Foreest,Jorden (2676) — Yuffa,D (2654) 0-1
Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2647) — Anton Guijarro,D (2675) 1/2-1/2
Kovalenko,I (2674) — Chigaev,M (2626) 1-0
Vakhidov,J (2546) — Anton Guijarro,D (2673) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Bb4
c4 e5 Nc3 Bb4
c4, e5, Nc3, Bb4