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To: Theophilus

Actually the Stonewall “Attack” (chess) ♟️ is quite symmetrical. And the Caro-Kann. The Botvinnick Attack is an attempt to break symmetry.

The QGD is also quite symmetrical, often stretched out into long endgames.

Just a few to name

(USCF high 2033)


46 posted on 07/29/2026 2:25:53 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesied set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: Varsity Flight

White moves first. That’s a significant asymmetry, is it not?


47 posted on 07/29/2026 2:34:58 PM PDT by Theophilus (I'm all out of attention to this matter...)
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