English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 (7. d3 d6)
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 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 Nge7 7. d3 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 2 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 8. Bg5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6)
- ECO
- A37
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bqk2r/pp2npbp/2np2p1/2p1p3/2P5/2NP1NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 8- PGN
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Bg5 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 25%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- IM Piotr Brodowski (2445) – Pavlo Kruglyakov (2357) 1/2-1/2 · 30th Cracovia Open A · 2020-01-03
- Noah Thomforde-Toates (2124) – IM Harshavardhan G B (2405) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 21st Jan Late · 2025-01-21
- FM Valiantsin Yezhel (2232) – FM David George Samir (2272) 1-0 · Titled Tue 17th Dec Early · 2024-12-17
- Vilen Rafayevych (2158) – FM Daniel Kristoferitsch (2275) 0-1 · 2nd Bundesliga Nord 23-24 · 2024-02-24
- FM Heimo Titz (2124) – FM Robert Rieger (2291) 0-1 · ch-AUT 2017 · 2017-08-19
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SILVER-KG (2010) – tyrta (2015) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- aboudey (1917) – black2018 (1914) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 (6… Nge7 7. d3) 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3
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.