English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1… e6 2. Nf3)

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3

English Opening: Agincourt Defense after 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 87654321abcdefgh

The English Opening: Agincourt Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A13, reached after 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move. 10 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,482 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2… d5 (60% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 2… Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+)

ECO
A13
Moves
3 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149924654%43%
1500-199981951%46%
2000+1,41750%43%
All2,48251%44%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2… d5
Agincourt Defense (2. Nf3 d5)		1,491 (60%)50%44%
2… Nf6354 (14%)51%43%
2… b6108 (4%)50%49%
2… c598 (4%)61%35%
2… c692 (4%)51%46%
2… f591 (4%)51%44%
2… d659 (2%)49%46%
2… Bc530 (1%)50%47%

Master games

2,723 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 28%, Black 26%). The strongest:

Search all games of the English Opening: Agincourt Defense and its sub-variations

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Comes from

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1. c4 e6) 1. c4 e6

Continuations

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.