English Opening: King's English Variation, Closed System
A251. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3
How it went
72
ours
· 632
masters
White wins 40%
Draws 25%
Black wins 35%
Master games
- Karpov, Anatoly — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1998
- So, Wesley — Yu, Yangyi 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Dominguez Perez, Leinier — Giri, Anish 1-0 · 2013
- Kotsur, Pavel — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 · 2012
- Giri, Anish — Negi, Parimarjan 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Games in Spain
- Iturrizaga,E (2629) — Bacrot,E (2671) 1/2-1/2
- Isajevsky,A (2403) — Chigaev,M (2588) 0-1
- Moral Garcia,S (2240) — Li,Ruifeng (2541) 0-1
- Moral Garcia,S (2228) — Brodowski,P (2463) 1-0
- Stevanic,David (2256) — Kozlov,Ge (2413) 0-1
- Mendez Acosta,Alexander Jesus (2025) — Sanz Wawer,Daniel (2397) 0-1
- Korneev,S (2181) — Matthes,Aaron (2234) 1-0
- Arasa Bufi, Pere (2086) — Pavicevic, Jovan R (2152) 1-0
This line is also written
- 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3
- 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3
- c4 e5 Nc3 Nc6 g3 g6 Bg2 Bg7 d3
- c4, e5, Nc3, Nc6, g3, g6, Bg2, Bg7, d3