page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 397  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Nogues Acuna vs Carls ½-½ 63 1927 1st olm final A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 2. S Takacs vs Yates   1-0 43 1929 Hastings 1928/29 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 3. P Le Cornu vs C Pilnick   0-1 43 1948 49th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 4. E German vs J Canepa   1-0 50 1951 San Rafael A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 5. H Heinicke vs P Levy   1-0 45 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 6. Botvinnik vs Najdorf 1-0 41 1954 Netherlands A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 7. Larsen vs H Andersen   0-1 40 1954 Copenhagen AS 1904 jub A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 8. F Pithart vs Ujtelky   1-0 71 1955 CSR-ch A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 9. Reshevsky vs D Byrne   ½-½ 12 1955 US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 10. K Darga vs Wade 1-0 24 1956 Moscow ol (Men) prel A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 11. Stahlberg vs Ujtelky 1-0 56 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 12. L Navarovszky vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 21 1957 WchT U26 04th A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 13. Reshevsky vs Pilnik   ½-½ 42 1958 13th olm final A A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 14. S Smiltiner vs H Lehmann   1-0 33 1958 13th olm qual. group 2 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 15. G Forintos vs M Succar   1-0 16 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 16. Matulovic vs P Trifunovic   1-0 70 1960 Sarajevo A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 17. B Cafferty vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 57 1961 Hastings 1960/61 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 18. Polugaevsky vs Parma   ½-½ 14 1962 Lvov (Ukraine) A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 19. Filip vs K Honfi   ½-½ 51 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 20. T Weinberger vs W Cunningham   1-0 37 1962 Herman Steiner Club Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 21. K Langeweg vs O'Kelly   1-0 47 1963 Hoogovens A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 22. Geller vs Suetin   ½-½ 90 1964 USSR Zonal A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 23. Smyslov vs Larsen ½-½ 49 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 24. Kholmov vs E Haag   ½-½ 30 1964 Pecs A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 25. M Romm vs Antoshin   0-1 63 1964 WchT U26 11th fin-A A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 397    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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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