page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 319  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rubinstein vs Duras 1-0 57 1912 Bad Pistyan it, CZE A38 English, Symmetrical 2. Carls vs A E Post   1-0 34 1914 19. DSB Congress, Mannheim (GER) A38 English, Symmetrical 3. Reti vs A Becker 1-0 30 1923 Vienna A38 English, Symmetrical 4. Reti vs Gruenfeld ½-½ 31 1923 Mahrisch Ostrau A38 English, Symmetrical 5. Reti vs A Guerra Boneo 0-1 55 1924 ARG-Mayor Championship A38 English, Symmetrical 6. Kmoch vs A Vajda   ½-½ 31 1926 Semmering A38 English, Symmetrical 7. P Kruger vs Hilse   0-1 31 1927 Bremen GER A38 English, Symmetrical 8. Carls vs A Chepurnov   ½-½ 46 1928 World Championship Amateur A38 English, Symmetrical 9. P Blechschmidt vs Flohr   0-1 31 1930 Zwickau A38 English, Symmetrical 10. M Romi vs A Rastrelli   1-0 46 1931 Milano C.It. A38 English, Symmetrical 11. Sultan Khan vs V Mikenas   0-1 51 1933 Olympiad A38 English, Symmetrical 12. Opocensky vs D Enoch   0-1 27 1935 Olympiad A38 English, Symmetrical 13. K Prucha vs V Petrik   ½-½ 40 1943 Zlin A38 English, Symmetrical 14. Ufimtsev vs Bondarevsky 1-0 57 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) A38 English, Symmetrical 15. Meyer vs C H Meyer   ½-½ 38 1946 Regensburg GER A38 English, Symmetrical 16. V A Vasiliev vs A Ebralidze   ½-½ 70 1949 URS-ch sf A38 English, Symmetrical 17. M Madeira de Ley vs B Rabar   0-1 55 1952 Rio de Janeiro it A38 English, Symmetrical 18. Petrosian vs Geller   ½-½ 26 1955 Moscow ch-SU A38 English, Symmetrical 19. A Geller vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 17 1955 USSR A38 English, Symmetrical 20. Benko vs Szabo   ½-½ 18 1955 HUN ch A38 English, Symmetrical 21. L Rudenko vs O Rubtsova   1-0 40 1956 wcc (women) A38 English, Symmetrical 22. S Muehlberg vs Ujtelky   1-0 73 1957 DDR-CSR m A38 English, Symmetrical 23. Kotov vs Gurgenidze   ½-½ 62 1958 URS 25ch Riga A38 English, Symmetrical 24. Sofrevski vs Vukcevich   ½-½ 15 1958 YUG-ch 13th A38 English, Symmetrical 25. A Perkins vs T Mohsen   0-1 33 1958 13th olm final C A38 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 319    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-30-09    norcist: Hello all. I have played this variation many many times as white, however, after lines like 6. 0-0 d6 7.a3 0-0 8. Rb1 (recommended by Donaldson and Hansen) Bf5 9.d3 Qd7 10.Re1 b6 I feel like white is going nowhere fast. His queenside initiative is microscopic and black has the option of either a.) playing moves like Rd8 in preparation of an eventual kingside advance which will be far more potent than anything white has on the opposite wing or b.) perhaps strinking in the center at some point with Nd4 establishing a pawn wedge and furthing draining whites position of any vitality. The two of course aren't mutally exclusive. Does anyone have any experience with these types of positions? Of course you can't expect TOO much, but I can't help but feel the b4 advance is easily neutralized. I was also thinking of picking up either the "symmetrical english" by everyman chess or Hansen's book by the same name....anyone read either??

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