English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line
A281. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3
How it went
203
ours
· 1,229
masters
White wins 53%
Draws 18%
Black wins 29%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Carlsen, Magnus — Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Ding, Liren — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2017
- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Caruana, Fabiano — Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 · 2017
- Agrest, Evgenij — Anand, V... 0-1 · 2001
Games in Spain
- Santos Latasa,J (2647) — Marn,Jan (2335) 1-0
- Bachmann,Ax (2599) — Shirov,A (2647) 1-0
- Herman,Daniel (1956) — Pichot,A (2638) 0-1
- Pichot,A (2630) — Solomon,K (2362) 1-0
- Pichot,A (2630) — Piliposyan,Robert (2199) 1-0
- Oleksiyenko,Mykhaylo (2569) — Santos Latasa,J (2618) 1-0
- Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo (2569) — Santos Latasa, Jaime (2618) 1-0
- Bacallao Alonso,Y (2590) — Chigaev,M (2588) 1/2-1/2
This line is also written
- 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3
- 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 e3
- c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 Nc6 e3
- c4, e5, Nc3, Nf6, Nf3, Nc6, e3