A29: English, four knights, kingside fianchetto

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3

English, four knights, kingside fianchetto

A29 Sub-variants:

English, four knights, kingside fianchetto
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3

Overview

Games on Database:

6221

Last Played:

Nov 2025

Overall score:

37.6%

37.2%

25.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Wolfgang Uhlmann	108 games
Boris Gulko	43 games
Andras Adorjan	37 games

Black
Oleg M Romanishin	28 games
Robert Huebner	26 games
Etienne Bacrot	23 games

Possible continuations:

4... d5

2264

37.1 %

38.2 %

24.6 %

4... Bb4

1923

34.6 %

39.8 %

25.5 %

4... Bc5

820

42 %

28.8 %

29.3 %

4... Nd4

451

28.2 %

49.7 %

22.2 %

4... g6

389

38 %

38.8 %

23.1 %

4... d6

193

53.9 %

21.2 %

24.9 %

4... Be7

125

57.6 %

23.2 %

19.2 %

4... b6

20

65 %

15 %

20 %

4... e4

15

80 %

4... h6

10

60 %

40 %

4... a6

9

66.7 %

22.2 %

4... a5

2

100 %