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English Opening: King's English Variation
Overview
English Opening: King's English Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A20.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
Play reaches this position via 1. c4 e5, after 2 plies of opening development.
It branches immediately from English Opening in the opening tree.
5 named variations grow from this line, including English Opening: Drill Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, Kahiko-Hula Gambit, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 52 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- A20
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- English Opening
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 52
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Variations (5)
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