English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 (6. O-O d6)
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6
The English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 is a chess opening classified as ECO A37, reached after 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 67%, 33% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 7. d3 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 a5)
- ECO
- A37
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bqk1nr/pp3pbp/2np2p1/2p1p3/2P5/2N2NP1/PP1PPPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 7- PGN
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. d3 | 2 (67%) | |
| 7. Re1 | 1 (33%) |
Master games
36 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 31%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Prithu Gupta (2493) – GM Sam Shankland (2705) 0-1 · FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss · 2019-10-11
- GM Dmitry Bocharov (2583) – GM Pavel V. Tregubov (2575) 1-0 · World Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-29
- GM Marin Bosiocic (2567) – GM Alojzije Jankovic (2560) 1/2-1/2 · ch-CRO 2016 · 2016-01-26
- GM Cristhian Cruz (2581) – GM Razvan Preotu (2485) 1/2-1/2 · Online Olym Top DivD 2021 · 2021-09-10
- IM Andres Carlos Obregon (2511) – IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa (2454) 0-1 · XVII Mercosur Cup 2013 · 2013-09-16
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Gareca19 (1930) – alzea1 (1891) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Dito_chess (2092) – Solalhc2 (1462) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- kinoyan (1685) – black2018 (1864) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 (5. Nf3 e5) 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5
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.