English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Mecking Variation
A391. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
How it went
90
ours
· 381
masters
White wins 53%
Draws 23%
Black wins 24%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Fischer, Bobby — Spassky, Boris V. 1-0 · 1972
- Fischer, Robert J — Spassky, Boris V. 1-0 · 1972
- Bobby Fischer (USA) — Spassky, Boris V. 1-0 · 1972
- Gelfand, Boris — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 1999
- Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Games in Spain
- Domingo Nunez,Ruben (2355) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1/2-1/2
- Cuenca Jimenez,J (2535) — Svidler,P (2723) 1/2-1/2
- Chigaev,M (2632) — Narayanan,SL (2673) 1-0
- Iturrizaga,E (2629) — Nyzhnyk,I (2665) 1-0
- Kantor,G (2531) — Pichot,A (2644) 0-1
- Chigaev,M (2632) — Sreyas,Payyappat (2115) 1/2-1/2
- Pichot,A (2624) — Peralta,E (2218) 1-0
- Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2600) — Grebnev,Aleksey (2525) 1-0
This line is also written
- 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
- 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 Bg2 Bg7 6 O-O O-O 7 d4
- c4 Nf6 Nf3 c5 Nc3 Nc6 g3 g6 Bg2 Bg7 O-O O-O d4
- c4, Nf6, Nf3, c5, Nc3, Nc6, g3, g6, Bg2, Bg7, O-O, O-O, d4