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page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 911  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Nogues Acuna vs C Carls ½-½ 63 1927 London Olympiad A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 2. T Bergs vs F Apsenieks 0-1 39 1928 2nd Reiner Cafe t A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 3. S Takacs vs Yates   1-0 43 1929 Hastings 1928/29 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 4. Kostic vs G A Thomas   0-1 62 1930 Nice A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 5. E Gereben vs I Gecsey   1-0 51 1947 Hungarian Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 6. P Le Cornu vs C Pilnick   0-1 43 1948 49th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 7. E German vs J Canepa 1-0 50 1951 Punta del Este 1951/52 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 8. H Heinicke vs P Levy   1-0 45 1952 Helsinki Olympiad qual-1 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 9. V Skotorenko vs E Stoliar   1-0 80 1953 13th Ch RSFSR A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 10. D Arnold vs B Malich   0-1 53 1954 GDR Junior Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 11. Botvinnik vs Najdorf 1-0 41 1954 Amsterdam Olympiad Final-A A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 12. Golombek vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 19 1955 Klaus Junge Memorial A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 13. A Vyslouzil vs M Betak   1-0 64 1955 Czechoslovak Army Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 14. Reshevsky vs D Byrne ½-½ 12 1955 56th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 15. R W Bonham vs L Barden   0-1 36 1955 British Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 16. E Dodero vs R A Redolfi   ½-½ 20 1955 Argentine Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 17. V Kirillov vs A Shagalovich   ½-½ 45 1957 URS-ch qf A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 18. V Shiyanovsky vs I Pogrebissky   1-0 40 1957 Ukrainian Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 19. O Barda vs Malte Lilliestrom   1-0 37 1958 Jonkoping SWE 60jub A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 20. S Smiltiner vs H Lehmann   1-0 33 1958 Munich Olympiad qual-2 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 21. Forintos vs M Succar 1-0 16 1958 Munich Olympiad qual-3 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 22. Panno vs B Malich   1-0 31 1958 Munich Olympiad qual-3 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 23. E Varnusz vs I Bilek   ½-½ 40 1958 14th Hungarian Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 24. V Byvshev vs Gipslis   ½-½ 16 1958 URS-ch sf Tashkent A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 25. J A Seitz vs G Piccinini   0-1 72 1959 Reggio Emilia 1958/59 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 911

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Oct-01-04    Knight13: I don't like this kind of Opening. It's unclear what to do. Oct-01-04    offramp: White wants to play d5 and black wants to provoke white into playing d5. Mar-13-06    blingice: Why are there so many Symmetrical English openings? (I say "so many" because I have seen few other openings that are mirrored). Mar-26-06    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from miniature A39 games: http://www.wtharvey.com/a39.html Feb-13-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 1.c4 c5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.♘f3 ♘f6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 click for larger view May-07-13    dit890le: Wow, 41.7% win rate for white.

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