A31 - English: Symmetrical (Benoni Formation)

Variation: English: Symmetrical (Benoni Formation)

Initial Move: White breaks the symmetry early with d4. This forces an immediate resolution of the central tension and often leads to a dynamic and lopsided position. Learn this opening step by step

Women's World Rapid Championship 2012

2012.06.03

IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (2293)

IM Arabidze, Meri (2370)

Result 1/2-1/2

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TCh-FRA Top 12 2014

2014.05.24

GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2658)

GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan (2591)

Result 1-0

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1. ch-CHN Rapid Men Prelim

2011.07.04

IM Ma, Zhonghan (2457)

GM Wang, Zili (2488)

Result 1-0

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TCh-SRB Premier 2014

2014.08.30

GM Pavlovic, Milos (2404)

GM Ivanisevic, Ivan (2510)

Result 0-1

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WCh Candidates

2011.05.16

GM Kramnik, Vladimir (2753)

GM Grischuk, Alexander (2628)

Result 1/2-1/2

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Chinese League

2011.05.28

Xu, Hanbing (2265)

GM Gao, Rui (2534)

Result 0-1

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TCh-CRO Div 1a 2014

2014.10.08

GM Horvath, Csaba (2465)

GM Hracek, Zbynek (2525)

Result 0-1

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Alekhine Memorial

2013.04.28

GM Fressinet, Laurent (2610)

GM Vitiugov, Nikita (2666)

Result 1/2-1/2

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ch-Moscow Final

2011.05.23

GM Tilicheev, Viacheslav (2442)

GM Grigoriants, Sergey (2546)

Result 1/2-1/2

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Ch Hungary (team) 2011/12

2011.11.14

GM Ruck, Robert (2470)

IM Szuk, Balazs (2365)

Result 1/2-1/2

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