English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Geller Variation

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Geller Variation after 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 87654321abcdefgh

The English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Geller Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A33, reached after 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8)

ECO
A33
Moves
12 plies
FEN
r1b1kb1r/pp1p1ppp/1qn1pn2/8/2PN4/2N3P1/PP2PP1P/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 1 7
PGN
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6

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Comes from

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1… e6 2. Nf3) 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3

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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.