English Opening
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The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move:
- 1. c4
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Moves | 1.c4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ECO | A10–A39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Origin | Staunton vs. Saint-Amant, 1843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Named after | Howard Staunton, English player and World Champion (unofficial) |
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A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular[1][2] and, according to various databases, one of the four most successful of White's twenty possible first moves.[1][3] White begins the fight for the centre by staking a claim to the d5-square from the wing, in hypermodern style. Although many lines of the English have a distinct character, the opening is often used as a transpositional device in much the same way as 1.Nf3 – to avoid such highly regarded responses to 1.d4 as the Nimzo-Indian and Grünfeld Defences – and is considered reliable and flexible.[4]
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.