English - NimzoVar
A20 English, Nimzovich-Flohr V
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3
This is the Nimzovitch Sicilian reversed. It does not give white any advantage.
2... e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6
4. Nc2 Line 1 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. b3 O-O 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 Ng4 9. e3 Nce5 10. Nxe4 Bf5 -+ Laurine - Keres,P, cr. (1) 1941 ? ; 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Line 2 (5. d3 Line 3 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 = 12. g3 Qe8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 Qh5 =/+ Stockfish #004 ? ; 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 transposes to Line 1 ; 5. Nb5 Line 4 5... Ne5 (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. N1c3 Nf6 8. Qa4 Bf5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 Nimzowitsch,Aaron - Spielmann,Rudolf, Carlsbad (1) 1929) 6. N5c3 b6 7. d4 exd3 8. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Bb7 = Stockfish #007) 5... Bb4 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 =/+ 8. f3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 exf3 13. Bxf3 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 -+ Larsen,B - Hansen,C, Odense (1) 1988 ?
4... dxc6 5. Nc3
5. d4 or ; 5. d3 Line 5 5... exd3 6. Qxd3 (6. exd3 Line 6 6... Ne7! 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Re1 O-O -/+ 11. Bg4 Nd4 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Ne4 Ne6 -/+ Stockfish #003) 6... Qxd3 7. exd3 Bf5 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. d4 Nf6 (9... Nh6!? =/+) 10. f3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Rhe8 12. Kf2 Bf8 13. Rd1 g6 = Tartakower - Alekhine, Warsaw (1) 1935 ; 5. g3 Line 7 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. O-O O-O -/+ 9. Kh1 Qd4 Reti - Torre, Marienbad (1) 1925
5... Nf6 6. d4
Line 8 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. h3 Bc5 8. e3 h5 9. b3 Qe7 =/+; 6. h3 Bc5 7. e3 h5 8. d4 exd3; 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. O-O O-O =
6... exd3 7. e4
7. Qxd3 Qxd3 8. exd3 Bf5 =/+; 7. exd3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+
7... Be6 8. Bxd3 Bc5 9. O-O
9. h3 Nd7 10. Be2 Qh4 -/+ Shackes - Seredenko,Vladimir, USSR (1) 1967
9... Ng4 10. Be2 Qxd1 11. Nxd1 O-O-O -/+
1. Laurine - Keres,P - corr. (1) 1941
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. b3 O-O 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 Ng4 9. e3 Nce5 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. f3 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Qf6 13. Qe2 Nd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qf2+ 15. Kd1 Qf3+ 16. Qe2 Qxh1 17. Qxg4 Qxf1+ 18. Ne1 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qc4 Bd6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Nd3 Re4 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qa5 Rc4 0-1
2. Larsen,B - Hansen,C - Odense (1) 1988
A28 English, Four Knights, 4.e3
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Be2 e4 6. Nd4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. f3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 exf3 13. Bxf3 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. c5 Be5 16. d4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Reb8 20. Nxd5 Rxb4 21. Nxb4 Be2 22. Rf2 Bb5 23. Bd2 h5 24. Rf3 Qe4 25. Kf2 Qe6 26. Rh1 Rxa3 27. d5 Qe5 28. Rh4 Ra1 29. Be1 Qb2+ 0-1
3. Stockfish Selfplay - #004
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g3 Qe8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 Qh5 16. Re3 Rad8 17. d5 c6 18. Qd4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qf7 20. d6 Qxa2 21. h3 Bh5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rd1 fxg4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 gxh3 26. Re7 Rf7 27. Qe4 h6 28. d7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Qa5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ 1/2
4. Stockfish Selfplay - #007
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nb5 Ne5 6. N5c3 b6 7. d4 exd3 8. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Bb7 = 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 c6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Re1 Ba3 16. Ne4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bf8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Nd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 f4 23. Nxb7 Qc8 24. d6 Kh8 25. Qd4+ Bg7 26. Qd5 Rb8 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. h4 Rxb7 29. Re7 Bf6 30. Qf7 Bxe7 31. Qxe7 f3 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qxf3 b5 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2
5. Tartakower - Alekhine - Warsaw (1) 1935
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 exd3 6. Qxd3 Qxd3 7. exd3 Bf5 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. d4 Nf6 10. f3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Rhe8 12. Kf2 Bf8 13. Rd1 g6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Bg7 16. Rhd1 Nd7 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Re3 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Nf5 24. Ne2 Kd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. b4 b5 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Nc3 c6 30. d5+ Kd6 31. Ke4 f6 32. dxc6 Kxc6 33. Nd5 Nd6+ 34. Kd4 Nf5+ 1/2
6. Stockfish Selfplay - #003
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd3 6. exd3 Ne7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 =/+ 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg4 Nd4 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Ne4 Ne6 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. a3 Qh4 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nc3 Re7 19. Ne2 Rd7 20. Nf4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Ne2 Rd6 23. b4 Rcd8 24. Qc2 Re6 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. g3 g5 27. Kg2 Red6 28. Nc1 Qa1 29. Re7 Qxa3 30. Rxc7 Be5 31. Re7 Bf6 32. Re4 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Rg1 a4 35. Qd1 Kf8 36. Rh1 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Qg4 Kf8 39. Re1 c5 40. Qf3 Qb4 41. Qa8+ Rd8 42. Qc6 Kg7 43. Rf1 a3 44. h3 Qb2 45. Qxc5 a2 46. Nxa2 Qxa2 47. Qe3 Qb3 0-1
7. Reti,R - Torre Repetto,C - Marienbad (1) 1925
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qd4 10. Qb3 Rfe8 11. Nd1 Rad8 12. Ne3 Bc8 13. Qc2 Qe5 14. f3 Qh5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. fxe4 Qxe2 17. Bf3 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Be2 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Bxd2 21. Nf5 Nxe4 22. Bd3 g6 23. Nh4 Bh3 24. Ng2 Nc5 25. Rfd1 Bc3 26. Rac1 Bg4 27. Rf1 Bd2 28. Rc2 Ba5 29. Nf4 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Be2 0-1
8. Shackes - Seredenko,Vladimir - USSR (1) 1967
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 exd3 7. e4 Bc5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxd3 Nd7 10. Be2 Qh4 11. g3 Qf6 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Qd4 14. Nd1 Nf6 15. f5 Nxe4 16. fxe6 Nxg3 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Nxh1+ 19. Kg2 Qe5 0-1
