page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 414  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rubinstein vs Duras 1-0 57 1912 Bad Pistyan A38 English, Symmetrical 2. Carls vs A E Post   1-0 34 1914 Mannheim A38 English, Symmetrical 3. Reti vs A Becker 1-0 30 1923 Vienna A38 English, Symmetrical 4. Reti vs Gruenfeld ½-½ 31 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau A38 English, Symmetrical 5. Reti vs A Guerra Boneo 0-1 55 1924 ARG-Mayor Championship A38 English, Symmetrical 6. Duchamp vs V Kahn   0-1 43 1924 Paris prel-7 A38 English, Symmetrical 7. Kmoch vs A Vajda   ½-½ 31 1926 Semmering A38 English, Symmetrical 8. P Krueger vs Hilse   0-1 31 1927 Bremen GER A38 English, Symmetrical 9. Carls vs A Chepurnov   ½-½ 46 1928 World Championship Amateur A38 English, Symmetrical 10. J Giersing vs J Gemzoe   0-1 42 1928 dkch A38 English, Symmetrical 11. P Blechschmidt vs Flohr 0-1 31 1930 Zwickau A38 English, Symmetrical 12. M Romi vs A Rastrelli   1-0 46 1931 Milano C.It. A38 English, Symmetrical 13. Sultan Khan vs V Mikenas 0-1 51 1933 Olympiad A38 English, Symmetrical 14. Opocensky vs D Enoch   0-1 27 1935 Olympiad A38 English, Symmetrical 15. M L Hanauer vs P Woliston   ½-½ 80 1940 USA Ch A38 English, Symmetrical 16. K Prucha vs K Petrik   ½-½ 40 1943 Zlin A38 English, Symmetrical 17. Ufimtsev vs Bondarevsky 1-0 57 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) A38 English, Symmetrical 18. Meyer vs C H Meyer   ½-½ 38 1946 Regensburg GER A38 English, Symmetrical 19. V A Vasiliev vs A Ebralidze   ½-½ 70 1949 URS-ch sf A38 English, Symmetrical 20. M Madeira de Ley vs B Rabar   0-1 55 1952 Rio de Janeiro it A38 English, Symmetrical 21. Petrosian vs Geller   ½-½ 26 1955 USSR Championship A38 English, Symmetrical 22. A Geller vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 17 1955 USSR A38 English, Symmetrical 23. Benko vs Szabo   ½-½ 18 1955 HUN ch A38 English, Symmetrical 24. L Rudenko vs O Rubtsova   1-0 40 1956 wcc (women) A38 English, Symmetrical 25. Najdorf vs Hubert   1-0 38 1956 Buenos Aires vs Santa Fe Match A38 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 414    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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