A24

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line

Key moves: 1.c4 e5

The Reversed Sicilian — Black plays ...e5 against the English, giving White a Sicilian-type position with an extra tempo. The resulting positions are rich and flexible.

History & Notable Players

A popular response that creates reversed Sicilian structures.

Best Games

Andersson, Ulf vs Anand, Viswanathan0-1
Amber-blind 6th • 1997
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Topalov, Veselin1/2-1/2
Vienna Millenium • 1996
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Kasparov, Gary0-1
Tal mem • 1995
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Polgar, Judit1-0
Madrid • 1993
Andersson, Ulf vs Geller, Efim P1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal • 1976
Biyiasas, Peter vs Polugaevsky, Lev0-1
Manila Interzonal • 1976
Suttles, Duncan vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman1/2-1/2
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal • 1970
Najdorf, Miguel vs Bronstein, Luis1-0
Mar del Plata zt • 1969
Caruana,F vs Chigaev,M0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late • 2022
Fedoseev,Vl3 vs Mamedyarov,S1/2-1/2
Levitov Match March 24th • 2021
Janssen,Ru vs Giri,A1/2-1/2
TCh-NED 2008-9 • 2009
Vaganian,R vs Ivanchuk,V1/2-1/2
Chess Cruise g/15 • 2006
Aronian,L vs Kotronias,V1-0
Gibraltar Masters • 2005
Gozzoli,Y vs Mamedyarov,S1/2-1/2
EuJun • 2002
Bareev,E vs Polgar,Ju1/2-1/2
World Cup of Rapid Chess 1/2 Final • 2001
Gurevich,M vs Grischuk,A0-1
World Cup of Rapid Chess 1/4 Final • 2001
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Topalov, Veselin1/2-1/2
Yerevan ol (Men) • 1996
Salov, Valery vs Khalifman, Alexander1/2-1/2
Candidats FIDE m4 • 1994
Kasparov, Gary vs Requejo, Oswaldo1-0
Lima sim • 1993
Kamsky, Gata vs Fedorowicz, John P1/2-1/2
New York op • 1990

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