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English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined

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Overview

English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A14.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 12 plies and takes 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of King's Indian Attack, which itself descends from the root opening Zukertort Opening.

It continues primarily into one named line, English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined.

Together the deeper variations number 3 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
A14
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
12
Parent
King's Indian Attack
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
3

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Variations (1)

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