English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian (6. Nge2 Bg4)
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian is a chess opening classified as ECO A25, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 7. f3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 Bc5 9. b3 Nd4)
- ECO
- A25
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/2np1n2/4p3/1bP1P1b1/2N3P1/PP1PNPBP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 2 7- PGN
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. f3 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 25%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Anish Giri (2764) – GM Alexey Sarana (2654) 1/2-1/2 · European Online KO Final · 2020-05-31
- IM Giardelli, S. (2346) – Martin Mansilla (2071) 1-0 · 87th ch-ARG 2013 · 2013-04-06
- Gauti Pall Jonsson (2070) – Johann Ingvason (2175) 0-1 · Reykjavik Congress 2019 · 2019-01-13
- Valeria Martinelli (2079) – Alessia Natoli (2059) 1-0 · 32nd Hotel Adriatico 2026 · 2026-09-11
Highest-rated Lichess games
- crazylucky (2345) – WilKellermanChess (2321) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
- shiputuki (1357) – Lionel_echec (1387) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian (5… d6 6. Nge2) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2
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.