ENGLISH OPENING - No-Nonsense Beginner Guide
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 Published On Jan 20, 2024

The English Opening is a fantastic opening for beginners with traps, but is also extremely sound and playable at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. It is easy to play, attacking, and very fun! Thank you for watching, like and subscribe for more videos, and I will see you next time! Have a great day!

0:00 3. Bg2 Nc6
4:57 3. Bg2 Bc5
6:12 3. Bg2 c6 (best)
8:10 Anglo-Scandinavian Defense
10:47 Symmetrical Variation

PGN:
1. c4 (1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 (2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3) 3.
Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. e5 Nfd7 (8... Nd5 9. Bxh7+
Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Qh5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 Bxa1 15.
Rxa1) 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Qh5) (1. c4) 1... e5 (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... e5 5. Nc2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2) (4... Nxd4
5. Qxd4) 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2
Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxg7#) 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 (3... Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O (4... c6)
5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O) (3... c6 4. d4
exd4 (4... e4 5. d5 cxd5 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxd5 10.
Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bxe4) 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... dxc4) 7. O-O O-O 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Be6 11. Rd1) 4. Nc3 Bc5 (4... Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6.
cxd5 Ne7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxb4) 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Be6
8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bb6 10. d5) 8. h3 Bh5 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qe7 10. b3 h6 11.
Bb2) 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 exd4 (10... e4) 11. exd4 Bb6 12. f4 h6 (12... a6 13. f5)
13. f5 Bh7 14. Be3 *

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