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English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation

ECO A18 · 501 games · Black to move

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5
51% White6% Draw43% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d421142.1%
Nfd717735.3%
Ne45811.6%
Ng8336.6%

A further 22 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

English Opening 1. c4English Opening: Agincourt Defense 1... e6English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System 2... e6English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation 3. e4English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation 4. e5

Other lines in this family

Mikenas-Carls VariationA18…2,056Mikenas-Carls, SicilianA19… 3... c5371Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei GambitA19… 3... c5 4. e5 Ng8112Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian FormationA17… 3. Nf3 b687Agincourt DefenseA13…18,531Agincourt DefenseA13… 2. Nf3 d53,866Agincourt DefenseA13… 2. Nf33,476Neo-CatalanA13… 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf61,510Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan DeclinedA14… 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O1,110Neo-Catalan DeclinedA13… 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7962

All 90 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.