Exact catalogue record
English Opening: The WhaleC20
English Opening: The Whale is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO C20, in volume C (open games after 1.e4 e5 plus the French Defense).
On this page
- ECO code
- C20
- Opening family
- English Opening
- Recorded half-moves
- 3
- Last numbered move
- 2
- Side to move
- Black
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2P1P3/8/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
Scope of this record
This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.
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Other records under English Opening
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
- English Opening (A10)
- English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Adorjan Defense (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation (A10)
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