A35i — English: Symmetrical, Four Knights, 4.e3 e5
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e5 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : case forte b5, case forte d5, avant-poste d5(C), paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, arriéré d2, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● Bd3 — Développer Bf1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, arriéré d2, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● Bd3 — Développer Bf1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : case forte b4, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d2, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 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 d2, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 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 | ● d2 | ● d7 |
| Chaînes | ● d2→e3, f2→e3 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (2v1) | ● b4 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (3v2) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf1 | ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 2) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf8 | ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 2) | |
| 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 | ● d2-d3, ● e3-e4 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e5-e4 |
| Partie |
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| 2. Norway Chess 2014 – Round 8.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G29 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. e4 Qc7 9. gxf3 g6 10. Be3 d6 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 6.2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G257 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 |
| 4. GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 – Round 3.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G10 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Kc7 10. b3 Be7 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 11.9 – Kozul, Zdenko – 1-0 – Postny, Evgeny – G810 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 |
| 51. Biel GM 2018 – Round 3.2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G8 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 Qe7 10. b3 cxd4 |
| 7. London Classic 2015 – Round 9.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G42 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Kc7 10. b3 Be7 |
| 74. Tata Steel GMA 2012 – Round 9 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Caruana, Fabiano – G62 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 |
| 8. London Classic 2016 – Round 9.1 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G41 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ |
| 85. Tata Steel Masters 2023 – Round 5.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 0-1 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – G29 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 |
| 9. Sinquefield Cup 2022 – Round 1.3 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G3 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nb4 9. Qd1 d5 10. Nxe5 dxc4 |
| Alekhine Memorial 2013 – Round 6 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G30 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 h5 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Rb1 a6 9. f4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 |
| Corus A 2006 – Round 3 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G19 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8. Be3 dxc4 9. Qa4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 |
| Dos Hermanas 1996 – Round 9 – Gelfand, Boris – 0-1 – Kasparov, Garry – G34 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 a5 10. Bd2 O-O |
| European Club Cup 2015 – Round 5.2 – Andreikin, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G93 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 |
| European Club Cup 2015 – Round 6.1 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G104 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Ng4 d6 10. d5 Nb8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 4.3 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G388 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.1 – Sethuraman, S.P. – 0-1 – Nabaty, Tamir – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bd2 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.2 – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr – 1-0 – Grandelius, Nils – G65 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 h5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. f4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb8 10. O-O Ne7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R1 Blitz 1 – Adly Ahmed – 1-0 – Grigoryan Karen H. – G212 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Qd4 d6 |
| GCT Blitz Paris 2016 – Round 17.4 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G84 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 9.3 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G43 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2018 – Round 15.3 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G73 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 9.5 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G45 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 |
| GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 – Round 4.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G18 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 |
| Linares 1992 – Round 11 – Speelman, Jon S – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G21 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Ndb1 d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Be6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 2.31 – Ponkratov, Pavel – 0-1 – Saduakassova, Dinara – G84 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 h5 7. a3 Qc7 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 |
| PCA Qualifiers 1993 – Round 2 – Benjamin, Joel – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G20 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc2 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 8.2 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G37 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 b6 10. Rb1 h6 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2018 – Round 1.4 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G4 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 |
| Smyslov Region Group Cup 2021 – Round 7.8 – Predke, Alexandr – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G74 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 |
| SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 18.7 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G142 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. gxf3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 |
| SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 2.6 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G14 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. e4 Qc7 9. gxf3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O |
| SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 20.5 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G156 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. gxf3 d6 9. e4 Rb8 10. Rg1 g6 |
| SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 – Round 7.3 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G51 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. Rb1 Bg7 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O |
| SuperUnited Blitz 2023 – Round 5.1 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Gukesh D – G21 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 d6 6. d3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Ng5 Bd7 |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2022 – Round 16.1 – Erigaisi Arjun – 0-1 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G73 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bd2 O-O |
| TCh-RUS 2005 – Round 4 – Kharlov, Andrei – 0-1 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – G57 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bd2 O-O |
| WCh Candidates 2011 – Round 2.2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G20 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c5 Bb8 9. Nc4 d5 10. cxd6 O-O |
| WCh Candidates 2011 – Round 2.7 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G23 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. Rb1 h5 8. Be2 Qe7 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 d6 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 8.17 – Melkumyan, Hrant – 0-1 – Khusnutdinov, Rafael – G308 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Be6 10. b3 Kc7 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 16.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G815 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 f6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 11.31 – Melkumyan, Hrant – 1-0 – Khusnutdinov, Rafael – G651 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 d6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 4.46 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Tsydypov, Zhamsaran – G240 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 6.26 – Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan – 1-0 – Sjugirov, Sanan – G349 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 d6 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 20.29 – Grachev, Boris – 0-1 – Le, Quang Liem – G1345 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Ne7 10. Ng4 Nxg4 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 14.4 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G835 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 17.54 – Gajewski, Grzegorz – 1-0 – Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna – G1021 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Ne4 Ndb4 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 2.5 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Quparadze, Giga – G99 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 |
| World Championship Candidates 2011 – Round 2.4 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G1 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8. Be3 dxc4 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 |
| World ChampionshipCandidates 2011 – Round 1.7 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G6 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc2 d6 10. Be2 Be6 |
| World Rapid 2016 – Round 1.17 – Malakhov, Valentyn – 1/2-1/2 – Tregubov, Pavel V. – G9 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Be7 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 4.54 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 0-1 – Samunenkov, Ihor – G239 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 |












