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English Opening
Features:
✨
Hypermodern.
Concedes central space to opponent's pawns.
🔀
Transpositional.
Commonly transposes into other openings.
🔱
Flexible.
May become wildly sharp, or slow and positional.
⏳
Theoretical.
Theoretical. Requires concrete opening preparation.
💎
Uncommon.
Opponents less likely to be prepared.
🍂
Very Attainable.
You'll get to play this opening extremely often.
Description:
The English Opening is one of the most popular flank openings. While 1.c4 doesn't facilitate development of any minor pieces, it gives White control of the center without committing any central pawns. The English often transposes into other openings, though there also exist many lines unique to the English.
Features:
✨
Hypermodern.
Concedes central space to opponent's pawns.
🔀
Transpositional.
Commonly transposes into other openings.
🔱
Flexible.
May become wildly sharp, or slow and positional.
⏳
Theoretical.
Theoretical. Requires concrete opening preparation.
💎
Uncommon.
Opponents less likely to be prepared.
🍂
Very Attainable.
You'll get to play this opening extremely often.
Motifs:
White controls light squares in the center with Nc3 and fianchetto of the light-square bishop.
- Black often responds by building control over dark squares, with ...e5, ...Nc6, and fianchetto of their dark-square bishop.
Common lines:
May transpose into Queen's Gambit or Indian Defense lines.
