English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi Variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5
The English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A16, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5. 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: +0.35 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7. h4 O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bg4)
- ECO
- A16
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5
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Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (4. Nf3 g6) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6
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- 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.