English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line
A281. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3
How it went
37
ours
· 518
masters
White wins 41%
Draws 32%
Black wins 27%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Caruana, Fabiano — Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 · 2018
- Caruana, Fabiano — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2018
- Kramnik, Vladimir — Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 · 2017
- Nepomniachtchi, I. — Aronian, L. 0-1 · 2023
- Nepomniachtchi, I. — Giri, A. 1/2-1/2 · 2023
Games in Spain
- Maghsoodloo,Parham (2710) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2486) 1-0
- Sevian,Samuel (2687) — Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2505) 1-0
- Chigaev,M (2628) — Navara,D (2678) 1/2-1/2
- Zvjaginsev,V (2609) — Anton Guijarro,D (2669) 1/2-1/2
- Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2600) — Pichot,A (2644) 1/2-1/2
- Lopez Martinez,Josep (2524) — Hakobyan,Aram (2612) 1/2-1/2
- Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2564) — Aditya Mittal (2588) 1/2-1/2
- Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2587) — Gustafsson,J (2580) 1-0
This line is also written
- 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3
- 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 a3
- c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 Nc6 a3
- c4, e5, Nc3, Nf6, Nf3, Nc6, a3