On Mar 23, 12:13 am, help bot wrote:
On Mar 22, 7:45 pm, Albert wrote:

A subtlety often overlooked is that there is
no such thing as perfect "symmetry", as one
side or the other always has the right as well
as the obligation to move something.

And Fischer had some startling comments about symmetry.
After the moves 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 ( a
symmetrical position), Fischer wrote:
'"Believe it or not", Black stands better! Now whatever White does,
Black will vary it and get an asymmetrical position and have the
superior position due to his better pawn structure! In Filip vs
Fischer, 1962, similarly Black gets the upper hand: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3
g3 c6 4 Bg2 d5 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 Nf3 Bg7 7 O-O O-O 8 Nc3 ...; and Black,
breaking the symmetry at the proper time, gets the advantage by
8...Ne4.'
That is genius! Let him who hath the understanding...!
After only 5 moves - a symmetrical position - and /black/ is better!


This is the game he was commenting on:
[Event "Bay City Rd: 2"]
[Site "Bay City Rd: 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Reinhard"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxc5 b4 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qa5 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Nd4 17. Kh2
Rbc8 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bg5 d3 20. a3 Rxc2 21. axb4 Qb6 22. Qe3
Bd4 23. Qf3 Rxf2 24. Qg4 d2 0-1