ECO A18

English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation

English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO A18. Its defining line here is 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4.

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4

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

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • A18: 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6
  • A18: 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5

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