A36 — English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : case forte e4, case forte f4, case forte b5, case forte d5, Bg2 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (G1, C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● Nf3 — Développer Ng1
● Be3 — Développer Bc1
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (G1, C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● Nf3 — Développer Ng1
● Be3 — Développer Bc1
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : case forte b4, case forte d4, case forte e5, avant-poste d4(C), Bg7 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (G8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8 [Masters 40%]
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...Nf6 — Développer Ng8 [Masters 11%]
● ...e6 — Rupture [Masters 34%]
● ...e5 — Rupture [Masters 7%]
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (G8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8 [Masters 40%]
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...Nf6 — Développer Ng8 [Masters 11%]
● ...e6 — Rupture [Masters 34%]
● ...e5 — Rupture [Masters 7%]
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Base Masters : Blancs 34.8%, Nulles 38.7%, Noirs 26.5%.
Coups candidats
5…d6 (39.7% — Blancs: 34.3% | Nulles: 40.4% | Noirs: 25.3%)
5…e6 (33.9% — Blancs: 35.9% | Nulles: 35.9% | Noirs: 28.2%)
5…Nf6 (11.3% — Blancs: 29.5% | Nulles: 42.4% | Noirs: 28.1%)
5…e5 (6.9% — Blancs: 40.0% | Nulles: 42.4% | Noirs: 17.6%)
5…a6 (3.5% — Blancs: 30.2% | Nulles: 41.9% | Noirs: 27.9%)
5…b6 (2.7% — Blancs: 36.4% | Nulles: 33.3% | Noirs: 30.3%)
5…e6 (33.9% — Blancs: 35.9% | Nulles: 35.9% | Noirs: 28.2%)
5…Nf6 (11.3% — Blancs: 29.5% | Nulles: 42.4% | Noirs: 28.1%)
5…e5 (6.9% — Blancs: 40.0% | Nulles: 42.4% | Noirs: 17.6%)
5…a6 (3.5% — Blancs: 30.2% | Nulles: 41.9% | Noirs: 27.9%)
5…b6 (2.7% — Blancs: 36.4% | Nulles: 33.3% | Noirs: 30.3%)
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Analyse coup par coup — 9 demi-coups commentés
1.c4 Avancée centrale — contrôle b5, d5. Prépare d4, Nc3, e4.
1…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, d5.
2.g3 Prépare le fianchetto du Fou (Bg2).
2…Nc6 Contrôle d4, e5.
3.Bg2 Contrôle e4, f4, d5.
3…g6 Prépare le fianchetto du Fou (Bg7).
4.Nc3 Contrôle e4, f4, d5.
4…Bg7 Contrôle d4, e5, f5.
5.d3 Avancée centrale — contrôle c4, e4. Prépare e4, Nd2, Be2.
1…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, d5.
2.g3 Prépare le fianchetto du Fou (Bg2).
2…Nc6 Contrôle d4, e5.
3.Bg2 Contrôle e4, f4, d5.
3…g6 Prépare le fianchetto du Fou (Bg7).
4.Nc3 Contrôle e4, f4, d5.
4…Bg7 Contrôle d4, e5, f5.
5.d3 Avancée centrale — contrôle c4, e4. Prépare e4, Nd2, Be2.
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● e2→d3, f2→g3, h2→g3, d3→c4 | ● f7→g6, h7→g6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● e4 (3v0), ● f4 (2v0), ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (3v0) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (3v0), ● e5 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (3v0), ● e4 (3v0) | ● d4 (3v0), ● e5 (2v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bg2 | ● Bg2 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bg7 | ● Bg7 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 4 (g1, c1, a1, h1) | 4 (g8, c8, a8, h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Au centre ! | ● Au centre ! |
| Droits de roque | O-O / O-O-O | O-O / O-O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● d3-d4, ● e2-e3, ● f2-f3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e7-e6, ● …e7-e5, ● …f7-f6, ● …f7-f5 |
| Partie |
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| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 10.33 – Kukk, Sander – 1-0 – Ipatov, Alexander – G563 1. d3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. d5 Ne5 10. O-O O-O |
| 7. Norway Armageddon 2019 – Round 4.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G11 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Rb1 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bd7 |
| 7. Norway Chess 2019 – Round 1.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G5 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nd5 e5 10. f4 Nge7 |
| 7. Norway Chess 2019 – Round 4.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G16 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 Qc7 9. e4 Nge7 10. Nge2 gxf4 |
| Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 9 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 1-0 – Ftacnik, Lubomir – G194 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Rb1 e6 7. e4 O-O 8. Nge2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 11 – Rapport Richard – 1-0 – Tabatabaei M. Amin – G592 1. g3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 cxd4 10. Nb5 e5 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2000 – Round 2.1 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Minasian, Artashes – G50 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. e3 b5 7. Nge2 bxc4 8. dxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. b3 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 2.4 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Shankland, Sam – G280 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qc1 h6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.1 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – El Gindy, Essam – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Nd4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Classical 1 – Nikolas Theodorou – 1/2-1/2 – Aleksandar Indjic – G264 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 Be6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. b3 b5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Classical 2 – David Anton Guijarro – 0-1 – Donchenko Alexander – G340 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Nh3 e5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R5 Rapid 2 – Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo – 1/2-1/2 – Harikrishna Pentala – G630 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh3 a6 7. Nf4 Rb8 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Bd7 |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 18.3 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G88 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 |
| Global Chess League 2023 – Round 2.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G14 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. O-O a6 |
| Global Chess League 2023 – Round 4.2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Gukesh D – G43 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. a3 O-O 7. Rb1 e6 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 |
| Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2023 – Round 16.4 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G79 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2021 – Round 10.2 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G45 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Nf3 d5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 11.1 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Xiong, Jeffery – G51 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 d6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. b3 Qe7 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 18.1 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G86 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. O-O d4 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 8.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G40 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 g4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e4 f5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2023 – Round 7.4 – Firouzja, Alireza – 0-1 – Le, Quang Liem – G34 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. h4 Nd4 10. f3 Bh6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2024 - Round 1 - Firouzja Alireza - 1-0 - Dominguez Perez Leinier - G5 1971 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. a3 b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. O-O Qd7 |
| Superbet Blitz 2019 – Round 12.3 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Le, Quang Liem – G58 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 d6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 g4 |
| SuperUnited Rapid 2023 – Round 2.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Saric, Ivan – G8 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 Rb8 10. Nge2 a6 |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2019 – Round 16.4 – Aronian, Levon – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G78 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. e3 O-O |
| Tata Steel India Rapid 2019 – Round 3.5 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Saini Vidit – G15 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 Nb4 |
| Thessaloniki olm 1984 – Round 4 – Naif saleh eshaq – 1-0 – Acacio Gomez, Arcenio Antonio – G26 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 20.61 – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr – 1-0 – Shchekachev, Andrei – G1274 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nd5 e5 10. e3 Nge7 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 4.81 – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr – 1-0 – Pavlovic, Milos – G273 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Nge2 e6 8. d4 Nge7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nb5 O-O |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 14.54 – Bocharov, Dmitry – 0-1 – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. – G963 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. f4 Nf5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 16.27 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – 0-1 – Svidler, Peter – G1070 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. e4 f5 10. Qe2 Nf7 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 19.44 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – 0-1 – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. – G1294 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne7 10. Qd2 Bg4 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 3.60 – Petrosyan, Manuel – 1-0 – Perunovic, Milos – G209 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 Be6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 g5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 4.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – G243 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nd5 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 e5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 7.40 – Petrosyan, Manuel – 1-0 – Bocharov, Dmitry – G484 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. O-O-O f5 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 12.46 – Makarian, Rudik – 0-1 – Jumabayev, Rinat – G647 1. d3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bh3 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 14.19 – Sadhwani, Raunak – 1-0 – Vakhidov, Jakhongir – G794 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e6 9. e4 Re8 10. Nge2 d5 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 16.16 – Tabatabaei Bafghi, Mohammad – 1-0 – Mamedov, Rauf – G905 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. b3 Qc8 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 2.2 – Niemann, Hans Moke – 1-0 – Madaminov, Mukhiddin – G92 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Qd7 10. Nd5 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 2.2 – Niemann, Hans Moke – 1-0 – Madaminov, Mukhiddin – G92 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Qd7 10. Nd5 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 20.36 – Niemann, Hans Moke – 1-0 – Vakhidov, Jakhongir – G1146 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qd2 e6 7. e4 O-O 8. Nge2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 13.31 – Petrosyan, Manuel – 0-1 – Cheparinov, Ivan – G839 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nh3 d6 8. Nf4 h6 9. a3 Qd7 10. b4 Ne5 |
| Zurich SUI, 4. CC Rapid 2015 – Round 1.3 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Caruana, Fabiano – G3 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Rb1 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 a5 |





