Chess Opening Theory/1. c4/1...c5/2. Nc3/2...Nc6/3. g3/3...g6/4. Bg2/4...Bg7/5. Nf3

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a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) r1bqk1nr/pp1pppbp/2n3p1/2p5/2P5/2N2NP1/PP1PPPBP/R1BQK2R b
Moves: 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3

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Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3

	5	6	7	8	9
Main Line	Nf3 Nf6	O-O O-O	d4 cxd4	Nxd4 Nxd4	Qxd4 d6	=
2	... a6
3	... e6
Wedberg Variation	... e5	O-O Nge7	a3 O-O
5	... d6

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.

• Hansen, Carsten (2000). The Symmetrical English. Great Britain: Gambit. ISBN 1-901983-40-4.