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Tree path 9 levels English Opening › Symmetrical Variation › Normal Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 › English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3
  1. Chess Codex
  2. English Opening A10
  3. Symmetrical Variation A30
  4. Normal Variation A34
  5. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation A35
  6. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation A36
  7. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation A37
  8. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 A37
  9. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 A37
  10. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 A37 you are here
A37

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3

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Overview

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A37.

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

It is reached after 13 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3, part of the broader English Opening system.

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ECO code
A37
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
13
Parent
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3

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