English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (7. e3 d4)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4
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 d4. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.01 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. f4 Nfd7 10. exd4 cxd4)
- ECO
- A14
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2bppp/4pn2/2p5/2Pp4/1P2PNP1/P2P1PBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 8- PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4
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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
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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.