The English Defence CbAccount_required false Each game includes analysis and

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"The rook belongs behind the passed pawn"

The Two Knights' Defense

Peasant Phalanx

The English Defence CbAccount_required false Each game includes analysis andIn the 1970s, a group of strong English players (especially Miles, Speelman, Keene and later Short) developed a slightly unusual opening starting after the moves 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6. Just like in the Grnfeld or Alekhine Defense, Black gives up the center. But instead of provoking pawn advances by moving the knights early, he wants to bring his bishops into play first (most often on the b7 and b4 squares). This approach contradicts the orthodox