Tree path 6 levels English Opening › King's English Variation › Reversed Sicilian › English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation › English Opening: Carls-Bremen System › English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
- Chess Codex
- English Opening A10
- King's English Variation A20
- Reversed Sicilian A21
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation A22
- English Opening: Carls-Bremen System A22
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English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
Overview
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A22.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
The line arises from 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from English Opening: Carls-Bremen System, part of the broader English Opening system.
It continues primarily into one named line, English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, Delayed .. Nc6.
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- ECO code
- A22
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 1
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