English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation (6. Nge2 Nh6)
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6
The English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A25, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6. 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: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O f5 9. b3 Ne7)
- ECO
- A25
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6
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Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 17%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- Tomas Hurdzan (2317) – GM Misratdin Iskandarov (2535) 0-1 · European Online CC GpI · 2021-03-27
- IM Daniel Contin (2349) – IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe (2435) 1-0 · La Punta Closed 2013 · 2013-05-26
- IM Milton Pantzar (2421) – FM Nikolai Gritsenko (2309) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 11th May · 2021-05-11
- IM Milton Pantzar (2421) – CM Juan Cruz Arias (2277) 1-0 · Titled Arena May 8th 2021 · 2021-05-08
- Vladimir Mikhalsky (2269) – FM Nikolai Gritsenko (2309) 0-1 · Titled Tue 4th Oct Early · 2022-10-04
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Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
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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.