A29

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four 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

Abdusattorov,Nodirbek vs Keymer,Vincent1-0
Tata Steel India Blitz • 2024★ Notable
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek vs Praggnanandhaa,R1-0
Tata Steel India Rapid • 2024★ Notable
Praggnanandhaa,R vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
11th Sinquefield Cup • 2024★ Notable
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Firouzja,Alireza0-1
Saint Louis Blitz 2024 • 2024★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Aronian,L1-0
Saint Louis Blitz 2024 • 2024★ Notable
Nepomniachtchi,I vs So,W1/2-1/2
Saint Louis Blitz 2024 • 2024★ Notable
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Firouzja,Alireza1-0
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 • 2024★ Notable
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Praggnanandhaa,R1-0
Saint Louis Rapid 2024 • 2024★ Notable
So,W vs Aronian,L1/2-1/2
85th Tata Steel Masters • 2023★ Notable
Mamedyarov,S vs Keymer,Vincent1-0
FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool B • 2022★ Notable
Gelfand,B vs Hevia,A1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 20 • 2020★ Notable
Gelfand,B vs Petrosyan,M1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 19 • 2020★ Notable
Gelfand,B vs Aditya,Mittal1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 19 • 2020★ Notable
Aronian,L vs Giri,A1/2-1/2
Tata Steel India Blitz • 2019★ Notable
Aronian,L vs Nepomniachtchi,I1/2-1/2
Tata Steel India Blitz • 2019★ Notable
Aronian,L vs So,W0-1
Tata Steel India Blitz • 2019★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 • 2019★ Notable
Giri,A vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 • 2019★ Notable
So,W vs Karjakin,Sergey1-0
Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019 • 2019★ Notable
Carlsen,M vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
WCh 2018 • 2018★ Notable

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