English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Duchamp Variation
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3
The English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Duchamp Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A38, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black 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 55; best line 7… d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3)
- ECO
- A38
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp1pppbp/2n2np1/2p5/2P5/2NP1NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 7- PGN
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3
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Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 40%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- Leonid Starozhilov (2293) – FM Roman Dehtiarov (2300) 1-0 · Kyiv Spring Blitz 2023 · 2023-03-26
- CM John Veny Akkarakaran (2110) – Aziz Degenbaev (2147) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Jan Early · 2023-01-10
- FM Jip Damen (2326) – Raf Barzeele (1833) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-BEL 2025-26 · 2026-03-01
- CM Neeraj Harish (2101) – FM Rushan Bogaudinov (1912) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Oct Late · 2024-10-01
- Andy K Reeve (2011) – Anna York-Weaving (1775) 1-0 · 4NCL 2017-18 · 2018-03-18
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
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.