A17j — English: Nimzo-English, 4.Qc2
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
8
7
6
5
4
3
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1
abcdefgh
Avantages : case forte e4, case forte b5, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
Avantages : Bb4 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Nc6 — Développer Nb8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...c5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Nc6 — Développer Nb8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...c5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | ● d7→e6, f7→e6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● e4 (2v1), ● b5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (1v0), ● e4 (2v1), ● e5 (1v0) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf1 | ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bb4 | ● Bb4 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 4 (c1, f1, a1, h1) | 4 (b8, 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 | ● c4-c5, ● d2-d3, ● e2-e3 | ● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5 |
| Partie |
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| 1927 Kecskemet I – Round 2 – Kmoch, Hans – 1/2-1/2 – Alekhine, Alexander – G11 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 Bxc3 |
| 1941 Trencianske Teplice – Round 1 – Füster, Géza – 1-0 – Saemisch, Friedrich – G6 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 Qe7 6. g3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 O-O |
| 1957 GBR Ch 44th – Round 1.14 – Newman Caceres, Reynaldo Adolfo – 1-0 – Milner Barry, Philip – G2 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 e5 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nh5 10. O-O f5 |
| 1962 Capablanca Memorial – Round 10 – Pachman, Ludek – 1-0 – Polugaevsky, Lev – G101 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. e3 Nbd7 |
| 1964 URS Spartakiad – Round ? – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1-0 – Taimanov, Mark E – G7 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qe8 8. Bh4 e5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nd2 a6 |
| 1965 New York ch-USA – Round 8 – Saidy, Anthony – 1-0 – Reshevsky, Samuel – G26 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 c4 |
| 1966 Asztalos Memorial – Round 12 – Lilienthal, Andor – 1/2-1/2 – Dely, Peter – G10 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Rb1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d5 |
| 1966 La Habana olm fin-B – Round 6 – Clarke, Peter H – 1/2-1/2 – Johansson, Martin 1979 – G83 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. d4 cxd4 |
| 1967 HUN Ch Budapest HUN – Round 2 – Lengyel, Levente – 1/2-1/2 – Barcza, Gedeon – G7 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. b4 d6 10. bxc5 bxc5 |
| 1967 Monte Carlo – Round 9 – Smyslov, Vladimir – 1-0 – Matanovic, Anto – G35 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 d5 7. Na4 b6 8. Rb1 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 |
| 1967 URS-ch35 – Round 1 – Sakharov, Yuri G. – 1-0 – Borisenko, Georgy K – G10 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. d3 d5 10. g4 e5 |
| 1967 Vrnjacka Banja zt – Round 4 – Pachman, Ludek – 1/2-1/2 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – G30 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Rd1 e5 10. d3 d6 |
| 1967 Winnipeg – Round 3 – Kagan, Shimon – 0-1 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – G20 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Na4 d6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. d3 a6 |
| 1967 Winnipeg – Round 4 – Larsen, Benjamin Holsko – 0-1 – Darga, Klaus – G21 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 a6 10. Rb1 Bd7 |
| 1967 Winnipeg – Round 4 – Larsen, Bent – 0-1 – Darga, Klaus – G22 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 a6 10. Rb1 Bd7 |
| 1968 New York ch-USA – Round 5 – Evans Lianda – 1-0 – Rossolimo, Nicolas – G25 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e3 Bd7 10. d4 Bxc3 |
| 1969 IBM I – Round 8 – Darga, Klaus – 1/2-1/2 – Langeweg, Kick – G28 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. d4 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 |
| 1969 Liberation – Round 12 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – G54 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 e5 10. e3 h6 |
| 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal – Round 14 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Huebner, Robert – G266 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. d3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 |
| 1971 Hoogovens – Round 14 – Lengyel, Laszlo – 1/2-1/2 – Langeweg, Kick – G34 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 |
| 1971 Moscow – Round 16 – Lengyel, Levente – 1/2-1/2 – Balashov, Yuri S – G37 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b4 Qe7 |
| 1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A – Round 10 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1-0 – Jakobsen, Odinn Orn – G97 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Na4 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bxb4 |
| 1973 Leningrad Interzonal – Round 8 – Uhlmann, Wolfgang – 1/2-1/2 – Huebner, Robert – G30 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. d3 Ba5 9. Nh4 Rd8 10. e4 d6 |
| 4. World Blitz 2008 – Round 13 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G87 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 3.19 – Lupulescu, Constantin – 1/2-1/2 – Markos, Jan – G201 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 b6 8. Be2 d5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Nbd7 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 4.30 – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo – 0-1 – Kovalyov, Anton – G286 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ng5 g6 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 8.14 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – 1/2-1/2 – Mareco, Sandro – G553 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Be2 h6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bd2 a6 |
| Amber-rapid 6th 1997 – Round 11 – Karpov, Anatoly – 1/2-1/2 – Nikolic, Predrag – G62 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 O-O |
| Biel Interzonal 1976 – Round 8 – Huebner, Robert – 0-1 – Tal, Mikhail – G37 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. d3 h6 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Rb8 |
| Corus 2002 – Round 10 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G69 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e3 e5 10. d3 Bd7 |
| Corus A 2009 – Round 7 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen, Magnus – G46 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 |
| Dortmund 1996 – Round 7 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1-0 – Lobron, Eric – G26 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Na6 8. e3 Qe7 9. b5 Nc7 10. Be2 Bb7 |
| Erevan ch-URS 1975 – Round 1 – Tal, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – G11 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. d3 d6 10. Rb1 h6 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2014 – Round 11.16 – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo – 0-1 – Moiseenko, Alexander – G8 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 e5 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 a5 9. g3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ |
| Hoogovens 1978 – Round 1 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1-0 – Panno, Oscar – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 |
| Moscow 1975 – Round 1 – Forintos, Gyozo V – 1/2-1/2 – Spassky, Boris V. – G9 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. b4 b6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. d4 a5 |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 7 – Eingorn, Vereslav S – 1/2-1/2 – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil – G250 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 e5 10. Be2 Bb7 |
| Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 – Round 10 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1-0 – Jakobsen, Odinn Orn – G31 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Na4 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bxb4 |
| Thessaloniki olm 1988 – Round 5 – Milos, Gilberto – 1-0 – Seirawan, Yasser – G47 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 c6 |
| Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 – Round 4 – Pantsulaia, Levan – 1/2-1/2 – Gustafsson, Jan – G60 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. e3 e5 10. d4 Bxc3 |
| Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 – Round 6 – Eljanov, Pavel – 1-0 – Sharbaf, Mohsen – G85 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 Bb7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 29 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – G303 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. d3 h6 10. e3 e5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 13.38 – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo – 1-0 – Riff, Jean-Noel – G811 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Ne8 7. Bg2 d5 8. h4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 18.12 – Melkumyan, Hrant – 1-0 – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil – G703 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Ba5 10. e3 e5 |


Anand, Viswanathan — 9 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 9 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 8 parties
Karpov, Aleksandr — 8 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 6 parties
Hou, Yifan — 5 parties
Smyslov, Vladimir — 4 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 4 parties
Alekhine, Alexander — 1 partie
Euwe, Max — 1 partie
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 1 partie
1949 — Chekhover, Vitaly vs Sokolsky, Alexey — 1/2-1/2 — Vilnius LTU
1950 — Steinmeyer, Robert vs Byrne, Robert E — 1/2-1/2 — New York ch USA
1954 — Grob, Henry vs Nievergelt, Erwin — 1-0 — Zurich SUI
1956 — Sherwin, James T vs Day, Fabian — 1-0 — Oklahoma City, OK USA
1927 — Kmoch, Hans vs Alekhine, Alexander — 1/2-1/2 — Kecskemet I
1952 — German, Eugenio vs Vasconcellos, Fernando O — 1/2-1/2 — Sao Paulo BRA
1954 — Trifunovic, Petar vs Nievergelt, Erwin — 0-1 — Zurich SUI
1956 — Sherwin, James T vs Morrell, Phil W — 1-0 — Oklahoma City, OK USA
1976 — Butnorius, Algimantas vs Zhemajitis, G — 1-0 — Kaunas
1977 — Cummings, David H. vs Fernandez Williams, Horacio Andres — 1/2-1/2 — Brighton ch-BCF
1977 — De Roode, Peter vs Van der Wiel, John T.H. — 0-1 — Rotterdam NED
1978 — Cornelius, Paul vs De Firmian, Nick — 1/2-1/2 — San Francisco, CA USA
1973 — Malich, Burkhard, Dr. vs Liebert, Heinz — 1/2-1/2 — Halle/Saale
1973 — Furman, Slavomir vs Makarichev, Sergey — 1/2-1/2 — Tbilisi GEO
1975 — Gheorghiu, Florin vs Lombardy, William J — 1/2-1/2 — Teesside ENG
1978 — Olivera, Horacio vs Link, Hugo E. — 1-0 — Clarin-B Buenos Aires ARG