The Dynamic English-- KOSTEN

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The Dynamic English-- KOSTEN
Compiled by ChessCoachClark

Use a chess analysis engine to confirm the lines that impress you and you'll do fine. Most of this book is still solid and recommended for an introduction to the English Opening-- it's only 144 pages of half-size sheets.

If you want to be like Alpha Zero (which preferred the English Opening and Queen's Gambit back in 2017), then jump into the heavier or multi-volume books on the English Opening after digesting this foundational material.

It has a few typos and other errata, but nothing to worry about.

Games are listed in chronological order, not as they were presented in this text. Seems more convenient that way, really. Adding the page numbers gives you the 'belt and braces' features, though.

Hoping to convince ChessGames to include other games from this text (12 more have not been included, yet) in their database here. This game collection is a work in progress, then.

ChessCoachClark (CCC) originated this game collection and he updates it on occasion. This project is a work in progress, culling games from various sources, including several chess training books and personal research. The games are ordered by date (oldest first), not by importance.

Be well.
Be safe.

Game from page 6
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851
(A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0
Game from page 38
Korchnoi vs S Szabo, 1954
(A22) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Game from page 81
Timman vs J Kostro, 1971
(A36) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Game from page 74
Evans vs Karpov, 1972
(A36) English, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 111
S Matera vs N Gaprindashvili, 1976
(A16) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Game from page 16
Csom vs Gulko, 1976
(A10) English, 42 moves, 1-0
Game from page 85
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
(A21) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Game from page 103
W Schmidt vs J Blauert, 1988
(A14) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Game from page 15
K Spraggett vs P San Segundo Carrillo, 1989
(A26) English, 45 moves, 1-0
Game from page 89
Miles vs Gulko, 1989
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 26
Kasparov vs Short, 1990
(A26) English, 48 moves, 1-0
Game from page 50
Chernin vs Smejkal, 1991
(A20) English, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from pages 14 and 22
Smejkal vs Yusupov, 1991
(A25) English, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 87
Miles vs Kudrin, 1991
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 1-0
Game from page 16
Balashov vs Dvoirys, 1992
(A25) English, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 38
K Spraggett vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1992
(A20) English, 29 moves, 1-0
Game from page 17
Psakhis vs E Ragozin, 1994
(A10) English, 38 moves, 1-0
Game from page 7
Chernin vs P Rossiter, 1994
(A28) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Game from page 107
Illescas Cordoba vs Lautier, 1994
(A14) English, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 136
I Stohl vs Glek, 1994
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 140
Vaganian vs Y Dokhoian, 1994
(A14) English, 46 moves, 1-0
Game from page 107
Kramnik vs Anand, 1995
(A14) English, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game from page 83
Krasenkow vs S Brynell, 1996
(A36) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Game from page 131
D Gurevich vs Nijboer, 1996
(A16) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Game from page 93
Miles vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1996
(A36) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Game from page 62
Korchnoi vs Bacrot, 1997
(A20) English, 46 moves, 1-0
Game from page 142
S Williams vs A Cherniaev, 1999
(A10) English, 18 moves, 1-0
27 games

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