English Defense
English Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.
Played by: Wojtaszek, Sarana, Bluebaum, Woodward, Gelfand, Gledura, Fedoseev, Tabatabaei
Main line
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qxf3 10.Rg1 c6 11.Bg2 Qh5 12.d5 Ne7 13.dxe6 O-O 14.exf7+ Rxf7 15.Qd8+ Rf8
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Main line · ECO A40 · for Black
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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.