English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6

A29

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6

How it went

149 ours · 1,697 masters

White wins 40% Draws 21% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Carlsen, Magnus — Topalov, Veselin 1-0 · 2019
So, Wesley — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2016
Aronian, Levon — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2015
Kasparov, Garry — Timman, Jan H 1-0 · 2001

Games in Spain

Moral Garcia,S (2219) — So,W (2760) 0-1
Domingo Nunez,Ruben (2414) — Firouzja,Alireza (2757) 0-1
Sarana,A (2668) — Bayo Milagro,Alvaro (2285) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2641) — Martirosyan,Haik M. (2666) 1/2-1/2
Sarana,A (2662) — Ortega Ruiz,J (2354) 1-0
Oparin,G (2660) — Santos Latasa,J (2632) 1-0
Grigoryan,K2 (2647) — Alshameary Puente,I (2349) 1/2-1/2
Jeet,J (2298) — Santos Latasa,J (2632) 0-1

This line is also written

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 g3 d5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 Bg2 Nb6
c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 Nc6 g3 d5 cxd5 Nxd5 Bg2 Nb6
c4, e5, Nc3, Nf6, Nf3, Nc6, g3, d5, cxd5, Nxd5, Bg2, Nb6