A40r — Keres Defence (1962)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
Les coups candidats
4.Nf3 — 42.4% (871 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Eingorn, Vereslav S (35x), Malakhatko, Vadim (11x), Paehtz, Elisabeth (11x), Epishin, Vladimir (9x), Psakhis, Lev (8x), Panno, Oscar (8x), Ward, Chris G (8x), Gulko, Boris (8x)
4.g3 — 19.1% (392 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Van Wely, Loek (8x), Eingorn, Vereslav S (8x), Ward, Chris G (6x), Dgebuadze, Alexandre (6x), Paehtz, Elisabeth (5x), Short, Nigel D (5x), De Jong, Migchiel (4x), Edouard, Romain (4x)
4.Nc3 — 18.2% (373 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Eingorn, Vereslav S (10x), Sokolov, Ivan (8x), Peralta, Fernando (6x), De Jong, Wim (6x), Gulko, Boris (5x), Richards, Heather S (4x), Paehtz, Elisabeth (4x), Stohl, Igor (4x)
4.a3 — 9.3% (192 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Richards, Heather S (5x), Kaid, Almar, Dr. (3x), Karagiannis, Athanasios NA (3x), Sedlak, Nikola (3x), De Jong, Wim (3x), Shabanaj, Alda (2x), Legrand, Stephane (2x), Kosic, Dragan (2x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 4.Nf3 4.g3 4.Nc3 4.a3
<1800 37 41% 3% 27% 22%
1800-2200 489 37% 17% 19% 16%
2200-2600 1387 44% 21% 17% 7%
2600+ 80 42% 19% 28% 5%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 4.Nf3 4.g3 4.Nc3 4.a3
1960s 3 33% 67% — —
1970s 1 — — — —
1980s 94 56% 13% 6% 1%
1990s 348 50% 17% 15% 7%
2000s 470 47% 16% 19% 7%
2010s 930 37% 23% 21% 10%
2020s 208 40% 13% 15% 19%
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
4.Nf3 37% 40% ▲ +3.8%
4.g3 23% 13% ▼ -10.1%
4.Nc3 21% 15% ▼ -5.8%
4.a3 10% 19% ▲ +9.1%
Joueurs célèbres
Champions du monde dans cette position
Ju, Wenjun — 2 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 1 partie
Karpov, Anatoly — 1 partie
Hou, Yifan — 1 partie
Parties historiques
4.Nf3 — 42.4% (871 parties)
1960 — Veresov, Gavriil vs Bronstein, David I — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1980 — Karlsson, Mats vs Wicker, Kevin J — 1-0 — Politiken Cup
1981 — Petrosian, Arshak B vs Eingorn, Vereslav S — 0-1 — URS t ch
1982 — Bakheet Farag vs Short, Nigel D — 1/2-1/2 — Hastings ENG
1983 — Langeweg, Kick vs Timman, Jan H — 1/2-1/2 — Hilversum ch-NED
4.g3 — 19.1% (392 parties)
1962 — Muehlberg, Siegfried vs Moehring, Guenther — 0-1 — GDR-ch Gera GER
1969 — Huguet, Francois vs Sanner, Michel — 1/2-1/2 — Pau
1982 — Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador vs Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo — 1-0 — Cuba
1982 — Ligterink, Gert vs Short, Nigel D — 1-0 — Marbella I zt
1983 — Grivas, Efstratios vs Skalkotas, Nikolaos — 1/2-1/2 — Iraklion
4.Nc3 — 18.2% (373 parties)
1984 — Timoscenko, Gennadij vs Lputian, Smbat — 1-0 — Minsk BLR
1987 — Timoscenko, Gennadij vs Graf, Alexander — 0-1 — Tashkent UZB
1989 — Korchnoi, Viktor vs Passager, Jean-Pierre — 1-0 — Bordeaux FRA
1989 — Korchnoi, Viktor vs Dolmatov, Sergey — 1/2-1/2 — Madrid ESP
1989 — Tisdall, Jonathan D vs Korchnoi, Viktor — 1-0 — Haifa etc
4.a3 — 9.3% (192 parties)
1989 — Karagiannis, Athanasios NA vs Keitlinghaus, Ludger — 1-0 — Corfu GRE
1990 — Simon, Holger vs Kuhn, Clemens — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1990 — Santolini, Luigi vs King, Daniel J — 0-1 — Cappelle la Grande FRA
1991 — Pirnat, Saso vs Kastelic, Marian — 0-1 — Slovenia ch
1992 — Stokstad, Petter G. vs Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu — 0-1 — Parthenay FRA