English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpy System
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3
The English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpy System is a chess opening classified as ECO A13, reached after 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nc6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.06 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 5… Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. exd4)
- ECO
- A13
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nc6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
28 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 36%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2778) – IM Karina Ambartsumova (2404) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Jul Late · 2024-07-09
- GM Daniel Forcen Esteban (2566) – GM Borki Predojevic (2584) 1-0 · 37th ECC Open 2022 · 2022-10-06
- GM Mateusz Bartel (2623) – IM Leon Mons (2464) 1-0 · Bundesliga 2015-16 · 2016-02-21
- GM Artur Gabrielian (2448) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2625) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 9th Feb · 2021-02-09
- GM Ruben Felgaer (2566) – GM David Arenas (2440) 1/2-1/2 · Copa Bolivar 2019 · 2019-04-23
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- BelarusWarrior (2504) – alehin2021 (2214) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1… e6 2. Nf3) 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3
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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.