English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation

A31

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3

How it went

254 ours · 884 masters

White wins 44% Draws 17% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 1-0 · 2014
Carlsen, Magnus — Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Kasparov, Garry — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Kasparov, Garry — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Anand, Viswanathan — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 · 2017

Games in Spain

Andreikin,D (2729) — Alonso Rosell,A (2562) 1-0
Andreikin,D (2729) — Martinez Fernandez,Adrian (2405) 1-0
Andreikin,D (2729) — Gavilan Diaz,M (2274) 1-0
Grigoryan,K2 (2659) — Munoz Pantoja,M (2442) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2657) — Brzeski,M (2357) 1-0
Bartel,Mat (2650) — Martin Fuentes,A (2372) 0-1
Kovalenko,I (2645) — Pulvett,D (2502) 1-0
Xiong,Jeffery (2636) — Martin Fuentes,A (2375) 1-0

This line is also written

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3
1 c4 Nf6 2 d4 c5 3 Nf3
c4 Nf6 d4 c5 Nf3
c4, Nf6, d4, c5, Nf3