Talk:English Opening

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[edit] merge from English Opening, Symmetrical, Main line with d4

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In chess, A39 is the ECO code for the English, Symmetrical, 7.d4 chess opening. The game begins 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4. The question of winning or drawing in the Symmetrical English depends on the struggle over the d4 and d5 squares. This particular opening is significant in that it is White that first plays the queen pawn into the center. Vasily Smyslov had an unbeaten record with it as White and Zoltan Ribli has a plus score out of 7 games on the White side.

and I was going to merge it here. However, the info on the symmertical version doesn't get anywhere nearly this deep, so for the time being I have chosen to not include it, and made the other page a redirect. If the symmertical version gets expanded, then this could be included. Bubba73 (talk), 19:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] call for help

This page could be much better. Perhaps I caused as much damage as helped; I really feel that each common response is deserving of a subsection but I've backed off each time because the preview of each single line as a subsection seems absurd. I think it is more appropriate to expand each common response before making sub-sections. thanks.--Mokru 03:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] name origin in template

I tried to incorporate the info about Howard Staunton into the template. However, I am not sure it reads very well, or is worded in the spirit of the intended use of the template. Please feel free to have a look and improve the presentation of the info in the template. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 18:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

  • I think you worded it pretty well. Perhaps someone can tweak it a little, but really it's fine now. Quale 18:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)