A29r — English: Four Knights, 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), paire de fous, colonne c.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Rc — Tour sur colonne c
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Rc — Tour sur colonne c
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : majorité aile_dame (3v2), case forte b4, case forte d4, case forte d5, paire de fous, colonne d.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 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
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...e4 — Rupture
● ...f6 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 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
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...e4 — Rupture
● ...f6 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● f2→g3, h2→g3 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● centre 2v1 | ● aile_dame 3v2 |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | — | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (3v1), ● d5 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● e4 (1v0) | ● d4 (3v1), ● d5 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● c | ● d |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bg2 | ● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bf8 | ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (c1, 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 | ● d2-d3, ● e2-e3 | ● …e5-e4, ● …f7-f6, ● …f7-f5 |
| Partie |
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| 19. European Teams 2013 – Round 1.2 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G27 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nd4 |
| 1936 Podebrady – Round ? – Opocensky, Karel – 1/2-1/2 – Flohr, Salo – G56 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1940 Rakovnik – Round 10 – Dobias, Josef – 0-1 – Podgorny, Jiri – G53 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be6 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 f6 |
| 1944 Brno ch CZE – Round 9 – Dobias, Josef – 0-1 – Richter, Emil – G13 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 f5 10. O-O Bf6 |
| 1954 Hungary Ch – Round 1 – Szabo, Ladislav – 1-0 – Kluger, Gyula – G6 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. O-O f5 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1955 Budapest HUN – Round ? – Koberl, Ferenc – 0-1 – Florian, Tibor – G7 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd2 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 f5 |
| 1955 URS Ch sf – Round 1 – Taimanov, Mark E – 0-1 – Byvshev, Vasily – G6 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. d3 f6 10. Bb2 Qd7 |
| 1957 Marshall CC Ch 5657 – Round 12 – Bernstein, Sidney – 1-0 – Rankis, August – G15 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 a5 9. Be3 f5 10. O-O Be6 |
| 1958 Wageningen Caldex – Round 3 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Flohr, Salo – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O Nd5 |
| 1959 Tbilisi ch-URS – Round 7 – Furman, Slavomir – 1-0 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G50 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be6 8. d3 f6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd4 |
| 1960 UKR Ch sf – Round 10 – Berezhnoy, Viktor – 0-1 – Poliak, Evsey – G60 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Rc1 f5 |
| 1962 It IIb – Round 3 – De Rooi, Paul – 1/2-1/2 – Rellstab, Ludwig – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. a4 a5 |
| 1962 Sweden – Round 1 – Nilsson, Zandor – 1/2-1/2 – Arnlind, Eric – G3 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 |
| 1963 Kiev Avantgard Ch – Round ? – Kostiuchenko, Alexander – 0-1 – Bakhmatov, Eduard – G56 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a4 a5 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf6 |
| 1966 FRA Ch 41st – Round 8 – Roos, Michel – 0-1 – Andersen, Nor – G14 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O f5 10. d3 Bf6 |
| 1966 It II Beverwijk NED – Round 1 – Waltemathe, A. – 0-1 – Sandor, Bela – G1 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1969 Buesum – Round 1 – Bobotsov, Milko G – 1-0 – Saemisch, Friedrich – G2 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd4 |
| 1969 Rhyl ch-BCF – Round 8 – Haygarth, Michael J – 1/2-1/2 – Holmes, H. – G60 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd5 |
| 3. Norway Blitz 2015 – Round 4.4 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G19 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. d4 exd4 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 6.2 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – 0-1 – Topalov, Veselin – G422 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxb6 cxb6 |
| Amber-blindfold 20th 2011 – Round 9 – Gashimov, Vugar – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G31 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| Amber-rapid 19th 2010 – Round 5 – Carlsen, Magnus – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G12 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Bosna SuperGM 2000 – Round 2 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 0-1 – Shirov, Alexei – G7 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Nd4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R1 Classical 2 – Huschenbeth Niclas – 1-0 – Bellahcene Bilel – G127 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 g5 |
| Interpolis 1983 – Round 11 – Portisch, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Vaganian, Rafael A – G51 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b4 a5 |
| Interpolis 1991 – Round 5 – Timman, Jan H – 1-0 – Bareev, Evgeny – G15 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O O-O |
| Linares 1981 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 0-1 – Karpov, Anatoly – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Qd7 |
| Moscow 1981 – Round ? – Smejkal, Jan – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G40 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 |
| Moskou 1981 – Round 1 – Smejkal, Jan – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 |
| Niksic 1983 – Round 7 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Petrosian, Tigran V. – G46 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O f6 |
| Tilburg Fontys 1996 – Round 7 – Lautier, Joel – 0-1 – Piket, Jeroen – G29 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 O-O |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 1 – Ehlvest, Jaan – 1-0 – Hjartarson, Johann – G2 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 14.25 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – 1-0 – Pashikian, Arman – G896 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 |
| XXVII SuperGM 2010 – Round 6 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – G15 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 g5 8. d3 g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. b4 h4 |



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