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FIDE Candidates Tournament 2021: English Opening

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Yigor
Apr 18, 2021
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#1

It's relatively popular at this tournament trophies.png:

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/01/Ding_Liren-Wang_Hao

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/01/Giri_Anish-Nepomniachtchi_Ian

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/01/Grischuk_Alexander-Alekseenko_Kirill

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/02/Wang_Hao-Giri_Anish

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/07/Giri_Anish-Grischuk_Alexander

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Yigor
Apr 18, 2021
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#2

King's English 1. c4 e5 (3 games)

Symmetrical English 1. c4 c5 (2 games)

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Yigor
Apr 18, 2021
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#3

King's English: Kingside Fianchetto 1. c4 e5 2. g3 (2 games)

King's English: Queen's Knight 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 (1 game)

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Yigor
Apr 18, 2021
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#4

The following Kingside Fianchetto variation appears 2 times:

 

 

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Yigor
Apr 18, 2021
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#5

Pawn Structures:

2Ce King's English hierarchy

2Ce1G King's English: Kingside Fianchetto (KF) hierarchy

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Yigor
Apr 22, 2021
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#6

One more English game in the 10th round:

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament/10/Nepomniachtchi_Ian-Alekseenko_Kirill

featuring so-called Anglo-Indian 1. c4 Nf6. settings.png