ECO A25

English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation

English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO A25. Its defining line here is 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7.

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

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