The English gets its name from the English player Howard Staunton who played it in the 1840's. It didn't inspire his contemporaries and only caught on in the twentieth century. You will find it expertly played by Botvinnik, Karpov and Kasarov who all used it during their world championship matches. Bobby Fischer created a stir when he switched to it from the King's Pawn opening against Spassky in 1972.
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Wow thank you a lot.
bobby never played the english in a serious game except once
Did Kasparov play it a lot?
There is a book on how to play the english opening by Karpov.And for the dragon of the sicilian there is an old book published in the 60's which was authored by botvinnik. Larsen plays the dragon too.In the english try some of Ehlvest, Giorgiev, Ftacknik,Sunye-Nehto, games.Hope this helps
Does anybody know of any GMs that play the English Opening a lot as white and the Dragon a lot as black? They can be two seperate for each, I just want to start studying games.