English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (5. Bg2 Nb6)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A16, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 24 times by this move order. White won 25%, 4% were drawn and Black won 71%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6. h4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 Bg7)
- ECO
- A16
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 24 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 13 (54%) | |
| 6. d4 | 4 (17%) | |
| 6. d3 | 3 (13%) | |
| 6. e3 | 2 (8%) | |
| 6. a4 | 1 (4%) | |
| 6. h3 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
429 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 54%, draw 23%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2803) – GM Quang Liem Le (2703) 1-0 · SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 · 2013-12-12
- GM Sergei Movsesian (2699) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2753) 1-0 · FIDE World Blitz 2013 · 2013-06-10
- GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2653) – GM Alexander Areshchenko (2720) 1-0 · TCh-ISL 2012-13 · 2013-03-02
- GM Anton Korobov (2698) – GM Eltaj Safarli (2644) 1/2-1/2 · 20th TCh-RUS 2013 · 2013-04-09
- GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2752) – GM Chongsheng Zeng (2535) 1-0 · TCh-CHN 2018 · 2018-10-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- jieltmcommeta (2616) – kintoho (2484) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- josechascarrillo (2449) – Evgeniy_Kuligin (2510) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- kvat61 (2366) – Martink_2001 (2398) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5
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.