Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4/2...c5/3. Nf3/3...cxd4/4. Nxd4

Symmetrical English
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) rnbqkb1r/pp1ppppp/5n2/8/2PN4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R b
Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4

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Theory table

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1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4

	4	5
	Nxd4 e6	Nc3 Nc6	=
	... e5	Nb5 d5	=

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.