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page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 772  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S P Johnston vs H Voigt   0-1 44 1904 Chicago CC - Franklin CC A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 2. W Ward vs R Lean   1-0 20 1908 British Championship A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 3. P F van Hoorn vs Olland 1-0 15 1926 Dutch Championship A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 4. E Canal vs Tartakower   ½-½ 22 1926 Merano A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 5. Reti vs G Norman   ½-½ 31 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 6. Colle vs Yates   0-1 27 1927 Kecskemet A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 7. V T Romano vs L Palau   ½-½ 19 1928 3rd South American Championship A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 8. Capablanca vs Spielmann ½-½ 30 1928 Budapest A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 9. Gruenfeld vs Spielmann 1-0 49 1929 Vienna A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 10. G A Thomas vs Marshall 0-1 25 1929 Karlsbad A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 11. Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein 0-1 30 1930 San Remo A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 12. Alexander Georgievich Morozkov vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   0-1 30 1931 URS-ch sf A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 13. Alekhine vs E Steiner 1-0 36 1931 Prague Olympiad A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 14. H Steiner vs F Reinfeld   ½-½ 44 1932 Pasadena A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 15. F Kunert vs Spielmann   1-0 50 1933 Ebensee A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 16. M Rajkovic vs M Schreiber   0-1 26 1933 Yugoslav Amateur Championship A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 17. A Chistiakov vs Panov   1-0 62 1935 Moscow-ch A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 18. S Landau vs R Rey Ardid   ½-½ 56 1936 Ostend A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 19. P Lebedev vs N Kosolapov   1-0 33 1937 Ch Moscow (sf-4) A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 20. W Winter vs Menchik   1-0 27 1937 Hastings 1936/37 A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 21. I Raud vs Keres   ½-½ 42 1938 Tallinn, Est team ch A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 22. C Kottnauer vs X Vasicek   1-0 27 1943 Zlin A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 23. M Navarro vs Keres   0-1 22 1943 Madrid A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 24. M Beilin vs Keres 0-1 37 1945 Kalev-Daugava team match A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 25. Nersesov vs Keres 0-1 19 1946 7th Ch Georgia A32 English, Symmetrical Variation  page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 772

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Jan-12-02    Sneaky: Black wins more than White in this variation!! Feb-13-04    marcus13: Because to be in this opening whit cannot continues by Nf3 because it would be an atoher opening. This is the reason why Black win all thoses games. Jun-19-07    nummerzwei: I have to admit that I do not understand your comment. You perhaps only typed to fast, but I don´t think it is not desirable for white to move his knight back to f3 in this line. I suppose you meant Nc3, butif black continues differently than 5...Nc6 (A33), for example with 5...Bb4, it´s still A32.(There are in fact some Nimzo-Indian games starting with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 listed under A32.) I´m looking forward to your answer. Sep-06-07    simsim: We have the following definitions: A33: 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 and A32: 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 The Nimzo-lines that occur after 5. Nc3 Lb4 are not the mainlines, but rather non-critical sidelines. Together with all other white's 5. move deviations, A32 contains a lot of second rate moves. Only 5.g3 seems like a first rate move, but its performance is not overwhelming. I think this explains the bad statistic for white in this variation. Sep-06-07    Domdaniel: <simsim> -- <I think this explains the bad statistic for white in this variation.> This is true, up to a point. But Black has consistently scored well in both the A32 and A33 lines, especially in the last ten or twenty years. I used to play the English most of the time as White, but I gave it up, largely because of the Symmetrical Variation. I recall Ray Keene saying some years ago that he'd come to the conclusion that 3.d4 was a mistake (eg, 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4). I think the Closed Symmetrical, where White avoids playing d4, is still OK, but can lead to very dull drawish positions. May-04-08    Phony Benoni: Modern Benoni players who are frustrated by 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 should take heart from this variation. You might not get to play your pride and joy, but you can get a good position as compensation. Sep-20-10    rapidcitychess: I love playing this as black all the time. You just get piece play, and white gets a Sicilian, which I am fine with. Mar-30-11    Penguincw: Opening of the Day: English, Symmetrical Variation 1.c4 c5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 e6 Nov-05-13    Kikoman: <Opening of the Day> English, Symmetrical Variation 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 click for larger view Opening Explorer

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