English Opening: Myers Defense

1. c4 g5

English Opening: Myers Defense after 1. c4 g5 87654321abcdefgh

The English Opening: Myers Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A10, reached after 1. c4 g5. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 422 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2. Nc3 (50% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.97 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 2. d4 h6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e3 Bg7)

ECO
A10
Moves
2 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/pppppp1p/8/6p1/2P5/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2
PGN
1. c4 g5

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149915949%43%
1500-199921753%45%
2000+4646%50%
All42251%45%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2. Nc3209 (50%)51%45%
2. d495 (23%)51%48%
2. g350 (12%)62%32%
2. e324 (6%)67%33%
2. e410 (2%)30%20%50%
2. d310 (2%)40%60%
2. Nf36 (1%)17%16%67%
2. b34 (1%)50%25%25%

Master games

130 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 51%, draw 5%, Black 44%). The strongest:

Search all games of the English Opening: Myers Defense and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

English Opening 1. c4

Continuations

More English Opening lines (all)

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.