English Orangutan

English Orangutan is a chess opening with the ECO code A15. It goes 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4. White opens with 1. c4 (the English move) and Black answers 1... Nf6. After 5 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4
• 1... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
• 2. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
• 2... g6 – Black plays the pawn to g6
• 3. b4 – White plays the pawn to b4

Related openings

• It extends: English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6)
• Related line: English Orangutan (1. c4 Nf6 2. b4)

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