English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei Gambit
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A19, reached after 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8. 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 26 times by this move order. White won 54%, 8% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nf3 (58% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.39 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5)
- ECO
- A19
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 11 | |
| 2000+ | 14 | |
| All | 26 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nf3 | 15 (58%) | |
| 5. d4 | 6 (23%) | |
| 5. Qg4 | 3 (12%) | |
| 5. f4 | 2 (8%) |
Master games
88 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 49%, draw 31%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2792) – GM Richard Rapport (2763) 0-1 · 84th Tata Steel Masters · 2022-01-26
- GM Mateusz Bartel (2651) – GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (2694) 0-1 · 13th London Classic 2023 · 2023-12-07
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2654) – GM Shant Sargsyan (2665) 1/2-1/2 · 4th UZB President Masters · 2025-12-12
- GM Rasmus Svane (2614) – GM Alexey Sarana (2661) 0-1 · 25th European Teams · 2025-10-13
- GM Liren Ding (2799) – IM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2455) 1-0 · Ding vs. Challengers · 2021-05-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ObserverObserved (2419) – Rocky066 (2370) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- AgentOfChaos22 (2369) – Redomeiran (2394) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- MN_TinoLang1409 (2347) – WROBERTO (2219) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5
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.