English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Full Symmetry Line

A38

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7

How it went

162 ours · 691 masters

White wins 51% Draws 25% Black wins 24%

Continuations

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English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Mecking Variation A39 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 90

Master games

Aronian, Levon — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 2014
Kasparov, Garry — Leko, Peter 1-0 · 1994
Aronian, Levon — Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Caruana, Fabiano — Kannappan Priyadharshan 1/2-1/2 · 2015
Kramnik, Vladimir — Anand V 1/2-1/2 · 2009

Games in Spain

Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2617) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1/2-1/2
Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2576) — Sindarov,Javokhir (2722) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2703) — Xiong,Jeffery (2709) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2623) — George Micheal,Kevin (2271) 1-0
Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2619) — Kittler,T (2226) 1-0
Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo (2619) — Kittler Thorsten (2226) 1-0
Li,Di (2557) — Alonso Rosell,A (2560) 1-0
Cruz, Jonathan (2465) — Munoz, Miguel (2455) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7
1 c4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 Bg2 Bg7
c4 Nf6 Nf3 c5 Nc3 Nc6 g3 g6 Bg2 Bg7
c4, Nf6, Nf3, c5, Nc3, Nc6, g3, g6, Bg2, Bg7