Chessmate

English Opening · White

Reversed Dragon, Main ...d5 and ...Nb6 Plan (A20)

Control d5 from the flank and keep the central pawns flexible. White can choose the structure after seeing Black's setup.

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English Opening · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO A20–A28

Sample line with full explanations: Reversed Dragon, ...d5 and ...Nb6.

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ECO A10–A38

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  1. Reversed Dragon, Main ...d5 and ...Nb6 PlanSample

    1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Rc1

  2. Reversed Dragon, Direct ...Be7 and d4 Break

    1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1

  3. King's English, ...Bc5 and Queenside Expansion

    1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. b3

  4. King's English, ...c6 and ...e4 Space

    1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nb3 Bf5 8. Nc3 Qe5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. d3

  5. Symmetrical English, Open Center Main Line

    1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3

  6. Symmetrical English, Rubinstein ...Nc7 Setup

    1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4

  7. Symmetrical English, Closed Center and b4 Plan

    1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1

  8. Hedgehog Structure, Space Before the Break

    1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3

  9. King's Indian Setup, Botvinnik Center

    1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Be3

  10. Agincourt, Neo-Catalan Central Break

    1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4

  11. Anglo-Slav, Double Fianchetto Setup

    1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. d3 a5 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3

  12. Anglo-Dutch, Central Space Against ...f5

    1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 a5 9. e4 Na6 10. Be3

  13. English Against ...b6, Broad Center

    1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Rd1

  14. Anglo-Scandinavian, Gain Time on the Queen

    1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Rc1 e6 8. e4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e5

  15. Anglo-Grünfeld, Open Center

    1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3

  16. Nimzo-English, Qc2 and Bishop Pair

    1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2

  17. Four Knights, Punish the Premature ...Be7

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nxc3 8. Nxc6 Nxd1 9. Nxd8 Nxf2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Kxf2