English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (7. e3 Nc6)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6
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 Nc6. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8. d4 b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Ne5 Rc8)
- ECO
- A14
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp2bppp/2n1pn2/2pp4/2P5/1P2PNP1/P2P1PBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 1 8- PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6
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Master games
24 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 50%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2715) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2747) 1-0 · 6th Prague Masters 2024 · 2024-03-05
- GM Evgeny Pigusov (2555) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2758) 0-1 · World Blitz 2019 · 2019-12-30
- GM Daniel Fridman (2586) – GM Nikita Vitiugov (2720) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2023 · 2023-08-03
- GM Levan Pantsulaia (2575) – GM Daniel Fridman (2653) 1/2-1/2 · 40th Olympiad Open · 2012-08-29
- GM Emilio Cordova (2637) – GM Mark Paragua (2503) 1-0 · Millionaire Chess Op 2016 · 2016-10-07
Comes from
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
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.