Structure de pions
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pions doublés — —
Pions isolés — —
Arriérés — —
Chaînes — —
Passés — —
Majorité — —
Cases
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Cases fortes — —
Cases faibles — —
Centre ● e5 (1v0) —
Colonnes et diagonales
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pièces
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Bc1 ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf1 ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bc8 ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf8 ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Paire de fous ● Oui ● Oui
Non développées 6 (● b1, ● g1, ● c1, ● f1, ● a1, ● h1) 6 (● b8, ● g8, ● c8, ● f8, ● 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 mobile
Ruptures — ● …e7-e5

A02a — Bird

1.f4 *   ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre mobile

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plans. Nf3 (Développer g1 — 61 % des parties) ; b3 (Préparer le fianchetto — 9 % des parties) ; e3 (Libérer Bf1, préparer Bd3 — 6 % des parties) ; e4 (Occuper le centre — 6 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Plans. ...d5 (Occuper le centre — 43 % des parties) ; ...Nf6 (Développer g8 — 18 % des parties) ; ...e5 (Occuper le centre — 16 % des parties) ; ...c5 (Frapper le centre adverse — 8 % des parties) ; ...g6 (Préparer le fianchetto — 7 % des parties).
Avantages
Faiblesses
Diagonale active
Plans
Partie
1903 RUS-ch03 – Round 6 – Yurevich, Vladimir – 1-0 – Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene – G24
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 h6
1912 RUS Ch Vilnius LTU – Round 13 – Von Freymann, Sergey – 1-0 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G8
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 4. ... exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Na6 10. c5 Bc7
1913 St Petersburg – Round 9 – Freiman, Sergey Nikolaevich – 1-0 – Bogoljubow, Efim – G16
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nf2 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bh5+ Nxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kd7
1924 Moskou ch-URS – Round 16 – Grigoriev, Nikolai – 0-1 – Bogoljubow, Efim – G46
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O a6 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. Ne5 Nd7
1927 Kecskemet-A – Round 6 – Brinckmann, Alfred – 0-1 – Mueller, Hans – G10
1. f4 e6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. b3 a6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. a4 b6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng4
1928 Giessen – Round 1 – Tartakower, Savielly – 1-0 – Bechstedt, P – G4
1. f4 b6 2. e3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. d3 Nd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qd2 Qf6
1954 DDR Ch U20 – Round 8 – Besser, Hans – 1/2-1/2 – Moeckel, Klaus – G38
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Ne4 7. c4 Bf6 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3
1955 Buenos Aires – Round 4 – Pelikán, Jiří – 1-0 – Dodero, Emilio – G11
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. Bd1 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 a6
1958 Buenos Aires V – Round 3 – Pelikán, Jiří – 0-1 – Estrada Degrandi, Walter – G17
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qc8 7. a3 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 fxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4
1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A – Round 11 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – 0-1 – Smyslov, Vassily – G364
1. f4 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a4 Nc6 9. Na3 d5 10. Qe1 e6
Champ Showdown 9LX 2022 – Round 8.4 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 0-1 – Caruana, Fabiano – G3
1. f4 b6 2. f5 f6 3. b3 g6 4. g4 gxf5 5. gxf5 c5 6. e3 0-1
Champ Showdown 9LX 2022 – Round 8.5 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G4
1. f4 b6 2. f5 e5 3. b4 f6 4. c4 Be7 5. a3 c5 6. b5 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 1-0

A02a — Bird Opening (1903)
1.f4
Les coups candidats
Ambassadeurs : Arnold, Robert G (254x), Hanegby, Avigdor (143x), Rennert, Ralf (136x), Heinola, Kari P. (112x), Thonig, Manfred (104x), Brodie, Hugh (98x), Bester, Kazimierz (78x), Petro, Jozsef (73x)
Ambassadeurs : Arnold, Robert G (55x), Heinola, Kari P. (49x), Thonig, Manfred (47x), Just, Gabriele, Dr. (43x), Brodie, Hugh (40x), Costa Trave, Jaume (33x), Antusch, Ingrid (32x), Babionyshev, Vladimir (25x)
Ambassadeurs : Rennert, Ralf (83x), Andre, Damien (64x), ornito (38x), Heinola, Kari P. (33x), Hanegby, Avigdor (32x), Hayward, Keith (28x), Cording, Harm (24x), Aannevik, Bjarne (23x)
Ambassadeurs : Panbukchian, Valentin (30x), Heinola, Kari P. (26x), Just, Gabriele, Dr. (22x), Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian (17x), Hanegby, Avigdor (17x), Brodie, Hugh (14x), Dietz, Juergen (14x), Antusch, Ingrid (11x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 1…d5 1…Nf6 1…e5 1…c5
<1800 7161 53% 13% 10% 6%
1800-2200 31799 50% 15% 11% 8%
2200-2600 11434 49% 16% 7% 11%
2600+ 98 65% 8% — 9%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 1…d5 1…Nf6 1…e5 1…c5
1950s 518 47% 32% 11% 5%
1960s 987 34% 25% 27% 7%
1970s 1386 38% 23% 16% 9%
1980s 2576 42% 19% 19% 8%
1990s 13106 47% 15% 12% 8%
2000s 22358 49% 13% 14% 8%
2010s 21770 52% 15% 9% 8%
2020s 4666 57% 13% 6% 7%
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
1…d5 52% 57% ▲ +4.7%
1…Nf6 15% 13% ▼ -1.3%
1…e5 9% 6% ▼ -3.1%
1…c5 8% 7% ▼ -0.8%
Joueurs célèbres
Champions du monde dans cette position
Carlsen, Magnus — 7 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 4 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 4 parties
Hou, Yifan — 4 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 3 parties
Kramnik, Vladimir — 3 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 2 parties
Gukesh D — 2 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 1 partie
Parties historiques
1…d5 — 49.5% (33336 parties)
1950 — Sahlmann, Walter vs Staudte, Hans-Hilmar — 0-1 — Bad Pyrmont GER
1950 — Deppe, Georg vs Christoph, Manfred, Dr. — 1/2-1/2 — Detmold
1950 — Tartakower, Savielly vs Castillo Bermudez, Manuel — 1/2-1/2 — Dubrovnik CRO
1950 — Hopp, Asher vs Budrich, Edmund — 0-1 — Berlin GER
1950 — Eret, Jaroslav vs Ujtelky, Maximilián Samuel Rudolf — 0-1 — USSR
1…Nf6 — 14.7% (9907 parties)
1950 — Ricci, Giorgio vs Engalicew, Nicola — 0-1 — Sorrento ITA
1950 — Ricci, Giorgio vs Giustolisi, Alberto — 0-1 — Sorrento ch ITA
1950 — Ricci, Giorgio vs Nestler, Vincenzo — 1/2-1/2 — Sorrento ch ITA
1950 — Grob, Henry vs Dunkelblum, Arthur — 0-1 — Gijón
1950 — Kelsey, Al vs Burfield, Frank R — 1/2-1/2 — Edmonton CAN
1…e5 — 12.1% (8165 parties)
1950 — Deppe, Georg vs Hagemann, Fritz — 0-1 — Detmold
1950 — Rachel, Linde vs Joppen, Lucas — 0-1 — GER
1950 — Walther, Edgar vs Winkler, Aleksej — 0-1 — cr.
1950 — Linder, Willy vs Diemer, Emil — 0-1 — Bad Schussenried
1951 — Ozols, Karlis vs Reintals, Karlis — 1-0 — Brisbane AUS
1…c5 — 7.9% (5330 parties)
1950 — Korchnoi, Viktor vs Goldberg, Grigory — 1-0 — Tula RUS
1950 — Deppe, Georg vs Stappenbeck, Heinz — 1-0 — Detmold
1950 — Chistiakov, Alexander vs Pavlov, Mircea-Sergiu-Aurelian — 0-1 — Kiev UKR
1951 — Basjuni, Sad Zaglul vs Pedersen, Eigil — 1-0 — Marianske Lazne zt
1951 — Bahro, Tom vs Bajec, Ivo — 1/2-1/2 — Sarajevo BIH