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English (A15)
1 c4 Nf6

Number of games in database: 4910
Years covered: 1922 to 2008
Overall record:
   White wins 35.0%
   Black wins 22.0%
   Draws 43.1%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Ulf Andersson  110 games
Borislav Ivkov  61 games
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz  56 games
Jan Smejkal  44 games
Ljubomir Ftacnik  41 games
Jan Timman  37 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924
Kasparov vs Salov, 1989
Tal vs Z Szymczak, 1974
Smyslov vs Gufeld, 1967
A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931
Illescas-Cordoba vs Karpov, 1994
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 page 1 of 197; games 1-25 of 4,910 
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Przepiorka vs Spielmann  0-152 1922 Bad Pistyan it, CZEA15 English
2. S Takacs vs Gruenfeld 1-077 1922 ViennaA15 English
3. S Takacs vs I Koenig  ½-½30 1922 ViennaA15 English
4. Opocensky vs F Fischer  1-058 1923 ViennaA15 English
5. Reti vs T Gruber 1-027 1923 ViennaA15 English
6. Reti vs Opocensky  ½-½39 1923 ViennaA15 English
7. Euwe vs Lohr  1-025 1923 AmsterdamA15 English
8. A Pokorny vs Euwe  ½-½36 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau ;HCL 17A15 English
9. M Walter vs Gruenfeld  0-149 1923 Maehrisch-OstrauA15 English
10. Nimzowitsch vs Reti ½-½50 1923 KarlsbadA15 English
11. Reti vs Hromadka  1-026 1923 Maehrisch-OstrauA15 English
12. Reti vs A Pokorny 1-030 1923 Maehrisch-OstrauA15 English
13. Tartakower vs Reti  0-143 1923 Maehrisch-OstrauA15 English
14. M Walter vs Prokes  ½-½45 1923 PardubiceA15 English
15. P Romanovsky vs Bogoljubov  1-052 1924 MatchA15 English
16. Bogoljubov vs P Romanovsky  1-053 1924 MatchA15 English
17. Euwe vs Colle 1-032 1924 Zutphen m ,HCL 28A15 English
18. Tartakower vs Marshall  1-061 1924 New YorkA15 English
19. Reti vs Marshall 0-130 1924 New YorkA15 English
20. Reti vs Capablanca 1-031 1924 New YorkA15 English
21. Nimzowitsch vs A Nilsson  1-054 1924 Copenhague, DenmarkA15 English
22. Vukovic vs S Ciric 0-130 1924 YugoslaviaA15 English
23. S Takacs vs Tarrasch  ½-½39 1924 MeranoA15 English
24. A Rabinovich vs N Grigoriev  1-068 1924 URS-ch03A15 English
25. Tartakower vs H Saunders  1-033 1924 Hastings-B 2425A15 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-02-04   EnglishOpeningc4: Being the first one here i claim this land for NH. The english is a great way to aviod the grunfeld. Ex:1c4 Nf6 2Nc3 g3 3e4!!!
Dec-02-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  BaranDuin: Yes, But what about 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5!?
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