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English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (A39)
1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 O-O O-O
7 d4

Number of games in database: 325
Years covered: 1927 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 39.4%
   Black wins 16.6%
   Draws 44.0%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Zoltan Ribli  6 games
Vasily Smyslov  5 games
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz  4 games
Jan Smejkal  8 games
Maxime Vachier Lagrave  5 games
Andras Adorjan  4 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972
Botvinnik vs Najdorf, 1954
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1998
D Peng vs E Lawson, 2004
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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 325  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Nogues Acuna vs Carls ½-½63 1927 1st olm finalA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
2. S Takacs vs Yates  1-043 1929 Hastings 2829A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
3. E German vs J Canepa  1-050 1951 San RafaelA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
4. H Heinicke vs P Levy  1-045 1952 Helsinki ol (Men)A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
5. Botvinnik vs Najdorf 1-041 1954 NetherlandsA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
6. Larsen vs H Andersen  0-140 1954 Copenhagen AS 1904 jubA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
7. F Pithart vs Ujtelky  1-071 1955 CSR-chA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
8. K Darga vs Wade 1-024 1956 Moscow ol (Men) prelA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
9. Stahlberg vs Ujtelky 1-056 1956 Marianske Lazne/PrahaA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
10. Navarovszky vs I Asmundsson  ½-½21 1957 WchT U26 04thA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
11. Reshevsky vs Pilnik  ½-½42 1958 13th olm final AA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
12. S Smiltiner vs Lehmann  1-033 1958 13th olm qual. group 2A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
13. G Forintos vs M Succar  1-016 1958 13th olm qual. group 3A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
14. Matulovic vs P Trifunovic  1-070 1960 SarajevoA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
15. Polugaevsky vs Parma  ½-½14 1962 Lvov (Ukraine)A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
16. Filip vs K Honfi  ½-½51 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
17. K Langeweg vs O'Kelly  1-047 1963 HoogovensA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
18. Geller vs Suetin  ½-½90 1964 MoscowA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
19. Smyslov vs Larsen ½-½49 1964 23, Amsterdam iztA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
20. Kholmov vs E Haag  ½-½30 1964 PecsA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
21. M Romm vs Antoshin  0-163 1964 WchT U26 11th fin-AA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
22. Bobotsov vs Parma  ½-½30 1964 ZagrebA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
23. Krogius vs Kholmov  ½-½29 1964 Chigorin memA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
24. A Petersons vs Kholmov  0-140 1964 URS-ch32A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
25. G Kluger vs K Honfi  0-143 1964 HUN-ch 19thA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-01-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
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