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English Symmetrical Thematic Tournament

Winner:

#1 1st Place awaldock (2432) United Kingdom

TD: MrNimzoIndian Started on Sep 4, 2009 @ 5:25pm

Players: 6   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 6   Rating Range: >1800
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 164   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 6 Completed Games: 30 (tournament is 100% complete)
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 0 (0%)
Remaining Players: 1 (16%) Remaining Games: 0
Average Rating: 1827 Biggest Upset: 1780 defeats 1892

The symmetrical response:  1c4 c5

c5 is the principled response (perhaps). Punishing white for not playing 1d4....but a hard game lies ahead :-)