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A38 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Double Fianchetto8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.c4 c5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.♘f3 ♘f6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3

A38 is the opening English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Double Fianchetto of the volume A · Flank openings: 13 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,918 games in the collections, from 1912 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2420.

White wins 28 %, draws 53 %, Black wins 19 %

Most games: Farago, Sandor (28), Andersson, Ulf (22), Hulak, Krunoslav (21), Csom, Istvan (20), Szmetan, Jorge (19)

All 3 variations

  1. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Double Fianchetto 1.c4 c5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.♘f3 ♘f6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3
  2. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Duchamp Variation 1.c4 ♘f6 2.♘f3 g6 3.g3 ♗g7 4.♗g2 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.♘c3 ♘c6 7.d3
  3. English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Full Symmetry Line 1.c4 ♘f6 2.♘f3 c5 3.♘c3 ♘c6 4.g3 g6 5.♗g2 ♗g7