A31m — English: Symmetrical, Two Knights, 4…Nc6
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : majorité aile_dame (3v2), case forte b5, case forte d5, paire de fous, colonne d.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 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
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● Rd — Tour sur colonne d
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 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
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● Rd — Tour sur colonne d
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), paire de fous, colonne c.
Faiblesses adverses : 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
● ...Bd6 — Développer Bf8
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...e6 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : 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
● ...Bd6 — Développer Bf8
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...e6 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● aile_dame 3v2 | ● centre 2v1 |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (3v0), ● d5 (2v1) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● e5 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● d | ● c |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| 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 | 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, ● e2-e3, ● f2-f3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e7-e6, ● …e7-e5 |
| Partie |
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| 11. Norway Chess 2023 – Round 3.4 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Gukesh D – G14 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 |
| 1911 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Nimzowitsch, Aron – 1/2-1/2 – Schlechter, Carl – G5 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 e5 |
| 1933 New York – Round ? – Denker, Arnold S – 1-0 – MacMurray, D. – G31 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Qa4 Qd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Bd2 e5 |
| 1935 AUS Ch – Round 8 – Koshnitsky, Gregory – 1-0 – Green Martin – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. e4 Qc7 |
| 1936 Podebrady – Round 17 – Frydman, Paulino – 1/2-1/2 – Richter, Kurt P – G54 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 e6 9. e4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Qxd1+ |
| 1941 Montevideo – Round 8 – Olivera, Alfredo – 1-0 – Canepa, Jose – G30 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Qa4 Qd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bf4 e5 |
| 1947 Hilversum zt – Round 8 – Trifunovic, Petar – 1-0 – Doerner, Charles – G35 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. e4 Ne5 |
| 1954 Lodz ch POL – Round 16 – Blaszczak, Czeslaw – 0-1 – Witkowski, Stefan – G11 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 e5 |
| 1955 Hungary – Round 5 – Szabo, Ladislav – 1/2-1/2 – Ilivitsky, Georgy A – G12 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. e4 d6 |
| 1956 Olympiad Moscow RUS – Round 5 – Ojanen, Kaarle S – 1-0 – Boutteville, Cesar – G18 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 e5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qc4 Bd6 |
| 1957 Mar del Plata – Round 7 – Eliskases, Erich – 1/2-1/2 – Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel – G71 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nc2 e5 7. g3 Bc5 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 |
| 1958 BUL Ch – Round ? – Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov – 1/2-1/2 – Bobotsov, Milko G – G67 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qa4 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. e4 bxc6 |
| 1958 Olympiad Munich GER – Round 3 – Prameshuber, Alexander – 0-1 – Prins, Laura – G3 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxc3 Bb4 |
| 1959 Candidats Tournament – Round 14 – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1/2-1/2 – Gligorić, Svetozar – G52 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 e6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O |
| 1960 Baltic Nations – Round 4 – Burehall, Arne – 0-1 – Doda, Zbigniew – G8 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Be7 |
| 1960 Buenos Aires ch-ARG – Round 9 – Incutto – 0-1 – Bolbochan, J. – G62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na4 Qd8 8. Be3 axb5 9. Bb6 bxa4 10. Bxd8 Nxd8 |
| 1963 Enschede zt – Round 1 – Philippe, Georges – 0-1 – Pomar Salamanca, Arturo – G2 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nh5 |
| 1963 Sweden – Round 1 – Ek, Hans – 1-0 – Dahl Schutt, Frederik – G4 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nc2 Qc7 10. b3 b5 |
| 1964 It Detmold GER – Round 1 – Speer, Albrecht – 1/2-1/2 – Mulkers, Willy – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Qd2 Qa5 |
| 1965 Toronto CC Ch – Round 3 – Sarosy, Zoltan L – 1-0 – Carleton, Thomas – G3 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 |
| 1966 CSR Ch Int 1st – Round 7 – Kavalek, Lubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Pietzsch, Wolfgang – G36 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 a4 |
| 1966 Venice – Round 1 – Golombek, Harry – 1-0 – Fletzer – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Rc8 8. O-O Na5 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Qb6 |
| 1967 Skopje – Round 7 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – 1-0 – Danov, Kiril – G60 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. e3 Bd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 |
| 1968 IBM-B – Round 5 – Van Scheltinga, Theo – 1/2-1/2 – Gereben, Erno – G19 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 Rg8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Rb8 |
| 1968 Skopje/Ohrid – Round 11 – Gheorghiu, Florin – 1-0 – Matulovic, Milan – G87 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nd5 O-O 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Qd2 d6 |
| 1969 IBM – Round 8 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Donner, Jan-Hein – G30 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 f6 |
| 1973 Leningrad Interzonal – Round 6 – Cuellar Alpire, Mariana – 0-1 – Karpov, Anatoly – G68 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 d6 |
| 2. Norway Chess 2014 – Round 9.5 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G37 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 8 – Matlakov Maxim – 0-1 – Mamedov Rauf – G439 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 e5 9. g3 Rb8 10. Na4 Bb4 |
| Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2023 – Round 16.2 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Svidler, Peter – G77 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 |
| Mar del Plata 1982 – Round 1 – Seirawan, Yasser – 1-0 – Franco Ocampos, Zenon – G2 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 Qc8 |
| OHRA 1988 – Round 1 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Van der Wiel, John T.H. – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 O-O |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 12 – Izoria, Zviad – 1/2-1/2 – Almasi, Zoltan – G431 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Be6 |
| Optiebeurs 1988 – Round 1 – Timman, Jan H – 1-0 – Van der Wiel, John T.H. – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc2 d6 10. e4 Be6 |
| Thessaloniki olm 1988 – Round 12 – Speelman, Jon S – 1-0 – Sax, Gyula – G110 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 10. c5 a6 |
| Thessaloniki olm 1988 – Round 3 – Smejkal, Jan – 1/2-1/2 – Sax, Gyula – G15 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round 1 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 0-1 – Sax, Gyula – G4 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Be2 d6 9. e4 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 |



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