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OPENING
English Opening
Flexible, patient, and deadly. Control the board without committing.
“Flexible. Patient. We control the board without committing.”
— Boris, your coach
26 lessons~3 hoursPlayed by Mikhail Botvinnik
Progress0 / 26
What you’ll learn
- Control d5 from the flank with c4
- Fianchetto the bishop to g2 for long diagonal control
- The Botvinnik System combines c4 + e4 for a massive center
- d4 is the key central break, time it carefully
- Patience and flexibility are rewarded
- The Reversed Sicilian gives White an extra tempo
Start the course
English Opening Basics
The Flank Attack
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English Opening Basics
The Flank Attack2
Symmetrical English
Mirror MatchReversed Sicilian
The Sicilian with an Extra TempoEnglish Four Knights
Classical DevelopmentBotvinnik System
The Champion's SetupThe English-Reti Transposition
Rich Strategic OptionsHedgehog Formation
The Prickly DefenseBlack's King's Indian Setup
1...g6 and 2...Bg7The Flohr-Mikenas Attack
3.e4 Aggressive SetupAnti-Nimzo English
Avoiding Black's Nimzo IdeasAgainst Black's Dutch Setup
Meeting 1...f5English Middlegame
Seizing the CenterEnglish Endgame Technique
C-File DominationThe b4-b5 Pawn Break
Queenside ExpansionThe d4 Central Break
Claiming the CenterThe Fianchetto Bishop Plan
Long Diagonal MasteryProtect the d4 Square
Key Strategic OutpostBotvinnik System: The d5 Outpost
Central Fortress StrategyThe Reversed Sicilian Trap
Nd5 Punishes Careless DefenseDon't Reroute the Fianchetto
Bh3 Loses a PieceFischer vs Spassky, 1972
Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky · 1972Nepomniachtchi vs Anand, 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Viswanathan Anand · 2019Miezis vs Varley, 1998
Normunds Miezis vs Peter Varley · 1998Nakamura vs Sevian, 2015
Hikaru Nakamura vs Samuel Sevian · 2015Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2018
Hikaru Nakamura vs Sergey Karjakin · 2018Nakamura vs Sevian, 2019
Hikaru Nakamura vs Samuel Sevian · 2019