A26

English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System

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

Flores,Di vs Radjabov,T0-1
WCC • 2005★ Notable
Anand,V vs Touzane,O1-0
FIDE WCh KO • 2001★ Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO • 2000★ Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1-0
FIDE WCh KO • 2000★ Notable
Gurevich,M vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO • 2000★ Notable
Radjabov, Teimour vs Guseinov, Kadir0-1
Wch U12 • 1998★ Notable
Milos, Gilberto vs Shirov, Alexei0-1
FIDE-Wch k.o. • 1997★ Notable
Gratka, Krzysztof vs Dominguez Perez, Lenier1-0
Wch U14 • 1996★ Notable
Gelfand, Boris vs Anand, Viswanathan1-0
Linares • 1991★ Notable
Kasparov, Gary vs Short, Nigel D1-0
Linares • 1990★ Notable
Spraggett, Kevin vs Jussupow, Artur0-1
Wch-blitz • 1988★ Notable
Afifi, Assem vs Spassky, Boris V1/2-1/2
WchT • 1985★ Notable
Negulescu, Adrian vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
Wch U20 • 1980★ Notable
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V1/2-1/2
Tilburg • 1979★ Notable
Seirawan, Yasser vs Jussupow, Artur0-1
Wch U20 • 1978★ Notable
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos1-0
Biel Interzonal • 1976★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Carlsen,M0-1
chess.com SpeedChess 2025 • 2025
Kamsky,G vs Alekseenko,K1-0
54th Biel GM Rapid 2021 • 2021
Kamsky,G vs Shirov,A1-0
TCh-RUS Men 2015 • 2015
Bachmann,Ax vs Shirov,A0-1
40th Olympiad Open • 2012

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