MERALCO 103rd ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
W: NM Gerry CABELLON
B: FM Wesley SO
Rapid Play, Game 2, 1/2-1/2
MERALCO, Pasig City
The opening is the Symmetrical Variation of the English and according to de Firmian's Modern Chess Openings (MCO14), "The Symmetrical Variatiion is perhaps the most exciting defense to the English. In the main variations, one or both players will disrupt the center almost immediately by pushing the d-pawn two squares, and an intense struggle for control of d4 and d5 will develop."
Incidentally, the Symmetrical Variation's first Finals appearance was in the Botvinnik vs Tal World Championship in 1960. Other World Championship Finals where the English Symmetrical was played were in Botvinnik vs Petrosian in 1963, Petrosian vs Spassky in 1966, Fischer vs Spassky in 1972, and Karpov vs Kasparov in 1987.
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