English Opening
A flexible flank opening for White. Control the center from the wings, transpose at will, and steer the game into positions you understand best.
Let's begin.
Press Learn to start, then play the moves yourself.
Play pawn to c4.
Variations in this course
Every line runs to a middlegame position with coach commentary at each fork. Playing White, you'll meet:
- 1
Reversed Dragon
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3
- 2
...Bb4 Line
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
Take it with you
Export this repertoire as a standard PGN — with the coach's notes as comments — to study it in Lichess, ChessBase, or any board you like. Sidelines are saved as PGN variations.
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