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page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 461  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. B Kostic vs G A Thomas   0-1 62 1930 Nice A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 4. P Le Cornu vs C Pilnick   0-1 43 1948 49th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 5. E German vs J Canepa 1-0 50 1951 Punta del Este 5152 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 6. H Heinicke vs P Levy   1-0 45 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) prel-A A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 7. Botvinnik vs Najdorf 1-0 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 8. Reshevsky vs D Byrne   ½-½ 12 1955 56th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 9. E Dodero vs R A Redolfi   ½-½ 20 1955 ARG-ch A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 10. S Smiltiner vs H Lehmann   1-0 33 1958 13th olm qual. group 2 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 11. G Forintos vs M Succar 1-0 16 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 12. J A Seitz vs G Piccinini   0-1 72 1959 Reggio Emilia 1958/59 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 13. D Rivera vs C Brasket   ½-½ 21 1959 60th US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 14. B Cafferty vs Bondarevsky ½-½ 57 1961 Hastings 1960/61 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 15. I Spector vs B F Brodersen   1-0 17 1961 62nd US Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 16. T Weinberger vs W Cunningham   1-0 37 1962 Herman Steiner Club Championship A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 17. Polugaevsky vs Parma   ½-½ 14 1962 URS-YUG A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 18. Filip vs K Honfi   ½-½ 51 1963 Reggio Emilia 6263 A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 19. G Szilagyi vs Gipslis   ½-½ 41 1963 Bad Liebenstein A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 20. Geller vs Suetin ½-½ 90 1964 USSR Zonal A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 21. M Bobotsov vs Parma   ½-½ 30 1964 Zagreb A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 22. Smyslov vs Larsen ½-½ 49 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 23. Kholmov vs E Haag   ½-½ 30 1964 Pecs A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 24. Krogius vs Kholmov   ½-½ 29 1964 Chigorin Memorial A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 25. F Atabek vs S Isaksson   ½-½ 32 1965 5.corr ol A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 461

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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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