English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian

A25

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6

How it went

643 ours · 2,585 masters

White wins 46% Draws 16% Black wins 38%

Continuations

4

English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System A27 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 197 English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation A25 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 209 English Opening: King's English Variation, Troger Defense A21 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 20 English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation A25 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Rb1 Nh6 5. Bg2 Bg7

Master games

Andreikin, Dmitry — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2012
Van Wely, Loek — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 1997
Aronian, Levon — Polgar, Judit 1-0 · 2014
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 · 2015
Aronian, Levon — Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 · 2015

Games in Spain

Andreikin,D (2729) — Anton Guijarro,D (2653) 1-0
Buscar,M (2088) — Anton Guijarro,D (2673) 0-1
Sarana,A (2662) — Martinez Montes,Juan Manuel (2069) 1-0
Sarana,A (2662) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) 1-0
Cubas Cabrera,Gabriel (1117) — Movsesian,S (2647) 0-1
Yuffa,D (2647) — Kuzubov,Y (2600) 0-1
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2641) — Garcia Blanco,O (2359) 1-0
Tari,A (2639) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2434) 0-1

This line is also written

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6
c4 e5 Nc3 Nc6
c4, e5, Nc3, Nc6