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English with b3 (A12)
1 c4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 b3

Number of games in database: 2178
Years covered: 1923 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 36.7%
   Black wins 28.1%
   Draws 35.2%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Stefan Reschke  19 games
Nana Dzagnidze  17 games
Colin McNab  12 games
Arturo Pomar  13 games
Ivan Radulov  10 games
Jonny Hector  9 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Capablanca vs Lilienthal, 1936
Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968
Petrosian vs Tal, 1962
Reti vs Lasker, 1924
A Kevitz vs Capablanca, 1931
A Nimzowitsch vs Pirc, 1931
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 page 1 of 88; games 1-25 of 2,178  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Gruber vs S Takacs  0-1461923ViennaA12 English with b3
2. S Takacs vs A Becker  0-1361923ViennaA12 English with b3
3. Reti vs B H Villegas  1-02719243rd Argentine National TournamentA12 English with b3
4. B H Villegas vs L Belgrano Rawson  0-14219243rd Argentine National TournamentA12 English with b3
5. Reti vs L Palau  ½-½5519243rd Argentine National TournamentA12 English with b3
6. Reti vs Lasker 0-1451924New YorkA12 English with b3
7. Duchamp vs E Lancel  1-04019242nd La Nation Belge CupA12 English with b3
8. L Loewenton vs J Kleczynski Jr  0-1731924Paris Unofficial OlympiadA12 English with b3
9. P Romanovsky vs A Rabinovich  1-0301924USSR ChampionshipA12 English with b3
10. N Zubarev vs A Alekhine  1-0391924Tournament of Cities-AA12 English with b3
11. R Scott vs R Michell  1-0361924British ChampionshipA12 English with b3
12. R Scott vs J Blake  1-0541924British ChampionshipA12 English with b3
13. Duchamp vs G Renaud  0-1311924French ChampionshipA12 English with b3
14. Y Rokhlin vs Levenfish  0-1321925Leningrad-chA12 English with b3
15. J Graafland vs R Loman  ½-½521925ScheveningenA12 English with b3
16. Tartakower vs D Przepiorka  ½-½741925Hastings 1924/25A12 English with b3
17. A Haida vs R Michell  0-1401925MarienbadA12 English with b3
18. F C Short vs A G Conde  0-1461925Scarborough-01 Premier AA12 English with b3
19. Reti vs Tarrasch ½-½731925BreslauA12 English with b3
20. G Nagy vs V Vukovic 0-1691925DebrecenA12 English with b3
21. Reti vs Bogoljubov 1-0441925MoscowA12 English with b3
22. Reti vs Capablanca ½-½331925MoscowA12 English with b3
23. Reti vs Torre  ½-½441925MoscowA12 English with b3
24. N Grigoriev vs N Tselikov  1-0371926Moscow ChampionshipA12 English with b3
25. Reti vs K Treybal  1-0811926SemmeringA12 English with b3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-13-04  marcus13: A very hypermodern opening, I guest whit will continue by g3 and bg2.
Jul-09-04  skeet: This isn't a very creative name.
Jul-09-04  e4Newman: I've never encountered this position, but flipping through MCO, I see an easy comparison to various Reti positions. In fact, there is also mention in the Caro-Kann Defense section but no mention at all in the English Opening section.
May-25-05  e4Newman: I've now had some success with this idea from the white side. Good fun!
May-25-05  hintza: Usually this would be reached by a different move order: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 and now 3.b3.
May-31-05  e4Newman: Agreed. The wonderful advantage here and in many qp games is that you can reach similar positions via a few different move orders.
Jun-16-05  melianis: I've been calling this and related white b3-systems Queen's Indian Attack.
Dec-10-05  chesscrazy: Strange opening.
Sep-28-08  ravel5184: OOTD 2008.09.28
English with b3
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3

Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968

Game Collection: Opening of the day - notable games

Jun-05-11  libertyjack: What the New York system as in E Cekro vs L Patriarca, 2008?
Jun-11-13  parisattack: This line has been quite successful for White - coming either from an English or a Reti. The CG Opening Explorer gives one game with 3. ...d4?! winning for Black. But 4. Bb2 is weak, 4. e3 seems to give White a sweet game.
Jun-11-13  Nerwal: I thought this move-order was harmless due to 3... dxc4!? 4. bxc4 e5 with easy play for black, but I realize now this is actually hardly played...

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