
English Opening
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 2 episodes found for "English Opening".
Oct 12, 2026
NM Robert Ramirez - System Openings and Chess Tips for All Ages
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34:08Robert RamirezGUEST
I'll give you an idea.
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34:09Robert RamirezGUEST
If I had to do another one, I would do it on the English opening.
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34:13Robert RamirezGUEST
The English opening, number one, if you play Sicilian, you're very familiar with it.
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34:18Robert RamirezGUEST
It's like a first Sicilian with an extra tempo.
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34:20Robert RamirezGUEST
But what I like about the English is that you could play it in so many different ways.
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34:25Robert RamirezGUEST
Like, I play it the way when I play it, and when I recommend it on the YouTube channel, I recommend the bot-benign triangle, where you go C4, D3, E4, and then different kettle.
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34:35Robert RamirezGUEST
That's the system in itself.
Ep. 295 Kyle (1900 USCF)
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62:27KyleGUEST
I played, like, the, uh...
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62:29KyleGUEST
This was back when I was playing the English all the time, and it went into a Marshall Gambit.
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62:33Kevin ScullHOST
Oh.
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62:33KyleGUEST
So it was, like, a really wild game.
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71:35Kevin ScullHOST
... "ready for it." It's kind of an-
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71:37KyleGUEST
Yeah.
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71:38KyleGUEST
Like, like, that was why, like, when I first started playing the English, like, I bounced off it right away.
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71:43KyleGUEST
Like, my coach at the time, Eric Rosen, he was like, "You should play the English," like that, "I really like the English.