English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (6… c5 7. e3)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3
The English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined is a chess opening classified as ECO A14, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.05 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7… Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nc3)
- ECO
- A14
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2bppp/4pn2/2pp4/2P5/1P2PNP1/P2P1PBP/RNBQ1RK1 b - - 0 7- PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3
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Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 78%, draw 22%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Boris Gelfand (2641) – GM Andrew Tang (2551) 1-0 · Naroditsky Mem Blitz TB 2026 · 2026-07-04
- GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2684) – IM Matias Perez Gormaz (2404) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 14th Sept · 2021-09-14
- GM Vladimir Burmakin (2583) – FM Lanita Stetsko (2291) 1-0 · Chigorin Memorial 2014 · 2014-10-21
- GM Emilio Cordova (2513) – FM Joshua Colas (2273) 1/2-1/2 · 53rd Annual World Open · 2025-07-05
- IM Pekka Koykka (2353) – IM Tapani Sammalvuo (2416) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN 2022-23 · 2022-10-16
Comes from
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (6. b3 c5) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5
Continuations
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (7. e3 d4) A14 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (7. e3 Nc6) A14 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6
More English Opening lines (all)
- English Opening A10
- English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit A10
- English Opening: Adorjan Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit A10
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.