Tree path 4 levels English Opening › Agincourt Defense › English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation › English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation
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- English Opening A10
- Agincourt Defense A13
- English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation A18
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English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation
Overview
English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A18.
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 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5, after 7 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.
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- ECO code
- A18
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 7
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