A28c — English: Four Knights, Marini Variation
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.a3 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : case forte b5, case forte d5, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, arriéré b2, 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, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, arriéré b2, 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
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Avantages : case forte d4, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré b2, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré b2, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | ● b2 | — |
| Chaînes | ● b2→a3 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (2v1) |
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. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 4 (c1, f1, a1, h1) | 4 (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 | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● c4-c5, ● d2-d3, ● e2-e3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e5-e4 |
| Partie |
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| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 11.26 – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo – 1/2-1/2 – Ismagambetov, Anuar – G783 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 5.6 – Smirin, Ilia – 1-0 – Quesada Perez, Yuniesky – G376 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Qe7 |
| 5. Norway Blitz 2017 – Round 9.3 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G43 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. d4 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 |
| Corsica Masters Rapid 2001 – Round 1.3 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 0-1 – Tiviakov, Sergei – G9 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Re8 9. e3 Be6 10. h3 h6 |
| Corus 2002 – Round 8 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Khalifman, Alexander – G52 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. b4 a6 |
| Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 – Round 1.5 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8. e4 Qd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc4 Qg6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.3 – Xiong, Jeffery – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G330 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe8 10. Be3 Be6 |
| FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10 1999 – Round 5.6 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 0-1 – Adams, Michael – G14 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 Kh8 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 9.2 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G42 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. b4 c6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 1.18 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1-0 – Donchenko, Alexander – G10 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be6 7. e3 Bd6 8. b4 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Bd3 Kh8 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 10.15 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G430 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 12.23 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1-0 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – G523 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 13.18 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Anton Guijarro, David – G558 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. O-O Be6 |
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| Saint Louis Blitz 2018 – Round 2.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G6 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nd4 9. Ne1 c6 10. b4 Re8 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2018 – Round 8.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G36 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Qc2 f5 10. c4 c5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 13.2 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G62 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. d3 Bf5 |
| Smyslov Region Group Cup 2021 – Round 2.8 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Sarana, Alexey – G19 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 |
| Smyslov Region Group Cup 2021 – Round 8.5 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Anatoly – G82 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 a6 |
| SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 – Round 20.6 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 0-1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G155 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Ng5 Bxg5 |
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| TCh-RUS 2008 – Round 10 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Rublevsky, Sergei – G265 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. g3 Qe7 9. d3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 |
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| World Blitz 2009 – Round 19 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G187 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. Rb1 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 10.1 – Saini Vidit – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G656 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8. e4 Bc5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb5 Qf6 |
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| World Rapid 2019 – Round 14.24 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1/2-1/2 – Bartel, Mateusz – G895 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. e3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be2 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 f5 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 6.40 – Geller, Jakov – 0-1 – Sarana, Alexey – G395 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 |












