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White to move
5,664 games · 1882-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

3. g3

3,619

37.8%

32.4%

29.8%

3. Nf3

2,291

38.4%

33%

28.5%

3. e3

267

38.2%

27.7%

34.1%

3. d3

56

17.9

35.7%

46.4%

3. e4

40

25%

27.5%

47.5%

3. a3

36

30.6%

19.4%

50%

3. b3

3

33.3%

66.7%

3. Rb1

F Wegerer vs W Posch, 2000 0-1

3. Qc2

S Jeremicius vs G Rutkauskas, 1999 0-1

3.g3 +0.08 (36 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968 (1-0)
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983 (1-0)
Saidy vs Fischer, 1968 (0-1)
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979 (0-1)
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010 (1-0)

DEBUT: Bird vs D M Martinez, 1889 (0-1)
RECENT: M Nubairshah Shaikh vs Said Francois-Haugrin, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
English - Three Knights - black by Latentdanger
Miniatures Fantastic by LuizBrown49
English Opening: King's English : Four Knights V by ISeth

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
A25: English (2919)
A27: English, Three Knights System (1264)
A28: English (514)
A26: English (437)
A29: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (349)
A21: English (167)
E62: King's Indian, Fianchetto (11)
E97: King's Indian (2)
A10: English (1)

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