Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● h3→g4	—
Passés	—	—
Majorité	● aile dame 3v2	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	—	● e4 (2v1)
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	—	● e4 (2v1)

Colonnes et diagonales

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Semi-ouvertes	● e	● c

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bb5	● Bb5 Actif (mob. 7)
Bg6		● Bg6 Actif (mob. 5)
Bf8		● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Clouages	—	● knight c6
Non développées	3 (● c1, ● a1, ● h1)	4 (● g8, ● 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	mobile
Ruptures	—	● …f7-f5

B11c — Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3…Bg4 4.h3 Bh5, 7.g4 Bg6

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.g4 Bg6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre mobile

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plans. Ne5 (Cavalier centralisé en e5 — 99 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Plans. ...Rc8 (Tour sur colonne semi-ouverte c — 79 % des parties) ; ...Qd6 (Centraliser la dame, Prépare O-O-O — 17 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Partie
1931 Buenos Aires exhib – Round 1 – Tartakower, Savielly – 0-1 – Holtey, Guillermo – G2 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1933 Leningrad – Round 1 – Rauzer, Vsevolod – 1-0 – Szosin – G9 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f5
1937 Tbilisi ch-URS – Round 18 – Rabinovich, Ilya Mar – 1-0 – Ebralidze, Arkhil – G159 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1939 Buenos Aires ol prel-C – Round 1 – Prins, Laura – 1-0 – Thorvaldsson, Einar – G1 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
1940 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Boleslavsky, Isaac – 0-1 – Dubinin, Peter – G85 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1941 Absolute Championship – Round 1 – Keres, Paul Petrovich – 1-0 – Bondarevsky, Igor – G1 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1947 Kirchheim Teck – Round 7 – Unzicker, Ferdinand, Dr. – 1-0 – Kraus Cruz, Gabriel – G9 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
1947 Riedenburg – Round 5 – Unzicker, Ferdinand, Dr. – 1-0 – Hernandez Lauterbach, Thomas – G7 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6
1954 Olympiad prel I – Round 1 – Lokvenc, Josef – 1/2-1/2 – Agustsson, Gudmundur – G16 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
1955 Hamburg – Round 7 – Rellstab, Ludwig – 1-0 – Pfeiffer, Gerhard – G60 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1955 URS Ch sf – Round ? – Suetin, Alexey S – 1-0 – Veresov, Gavriil – G14 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Nf6
1955 URS Team Ch sf – Round ? – Nei, Iivo – 1/2-1/2 – Simagin, Vladimir – G15 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
1959 Candidats Tournament – Round 7 – Fischer, Raphael – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G23 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. h4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1960 Leningrad ch-URS – Round 12 – Gurgenidze, Bukhuti – 1-0 – Liberzon, Vladimir M – G112 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6
1960 Leningrad ch-URS – Round 19 – Gurgenidze, Bukhuti – 0-1 – Bagirov, Vladimir – G179 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
1960 Leningrad ch-URS – Round 4 – Liberzon, Vladimir M – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G35 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
1962 Bucharest ROM – Round 11 – Pavlov, Mircea-Sergiu-Aurelian – 1/2-1/2 – Dunkelblum, Arthur – G29 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. h4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1962 URS Team Ch – Round 1 – Shagalovich, Abo – 1/2-1/2 – Mospan, Edward – G76 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6
1962 URS-ch30 sf Novosibirsk – Round 3 – Zhilin, Vitaly V – 0-1 – Bagirov, Vladimir – G5 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
1966 Budapest – Round 1 – Tompa, Janos – 0-1 – Dely, Peter – G25 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
1966 FRA Ch Grenoble FRA – Round 10 – Delamarre, Alain – 0-1 – Ferry, Roger – G25 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
1966 Harrachov U26 – Round 8 – Ryc, Ivo – 0-1 – Janata, Michael – G30 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Ne7
1967 WchT U26 14th – Round 7.3 – Mozes, Ervin – 1/2-1/2 – Kolbak, Jens – G5 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
1968 Rubinstein Memorial – Round 13 – Kavalek, Lubomir – 1-0 – Golz, Werner – G64 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
1968 WchT U26 15th – Round ? – Spassov, Liuben – 1/2-1/2 – Vukic, Milan – G22 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6
1969 DSV-Turnier – Round 9 – Kovacs, Laszlo M – 1-0 – Vukic, Milan – G47 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
34. ECC Open 2018 – Round 5.4 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1-0 – Brunner, Lucas – G162 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
Linares 1991 – Round 1 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Salov, Valery – G3 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
OHRA 1986 – Round 1 – Van der Wiel, John T.H. – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G10 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4
SportAccord Blitz Men 2012 – Round 2.5 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G11 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6
World Blitz 2019 – Round 3.81 – Savchenko, Boris – 0-1 – Suleymanli, Aydin – G224 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6

B11c — Two Knights (1931)

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.g4 Bg6

Les coups candidats

8.Ne5 — 96.8% (1253 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Burovic, Ismet (6x), Van der Wiel, John T.H. (5x), Maki-Uuro, Miikka (5x), Klovans, Janis (5x), Smyslov, Vasily (4x), Tompa, Janos (4x), Beier, Klaus (4x), Izeta Txabarri, Felix (4x)

8.d4 — 1.8% (23 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Sikora-Lerch, Jan (2x), Sattarov, Bobir (2x), Meduna, Eduard (1x), Ribbeheger, Edgar (1x), Schroeder, Wilfried (1x), Campana, Horacio Pedro (1x), Aleliunas, Dominykas (1x), Thompson, Daniel (1x)

8.h4 — 1.0% (13 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Martorelli, Antonio (1x), Cucinella, Vincenzo (1x), Turunen, Markus (1x), Salo, Tapio (1x), Tate, Emory (1x), Cooper, Thomas L. (1x), Dave, Kantilal (1x), Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam (1x)

8.Bxc6+ — 0.2% (2 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Cook, Dave (1x), Levy, Yehuda (1x), Jotevski, Aleksej (1x), Bekarovski, Filip (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	8.Ne5	8.d4	8.h4	8.Bxc6+
<1800	119	95%	3%	—	—
1800-2200	552	97%	2%	1%	—
2200-2600	408	97%	1%	2%	—
2600+	13	92%	8%	—	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	8.Ne5	8.d4	8.h4	8.Bxc6+
1950s	13	100%	—	—	—
1960s	25	100%	—	—	—
1970s	23	91%	4%	4%	—
1980s	60	100%	—	—	—
1990s	278	96%	3%	1%	0%
2000s	351	97%	1%	1%	0%
2010s	436	97%	2%	1%	—
2020s	108	97%	3%	—	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
8.Ne5	97%	97%	+0.4%
8.d4	2%	3%	▲ +1.2%
8.h4	1%	0%	▼ -1.4%
8.Bxc6+	0%	0%	+0.0%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie

Parties historiques

8.Ne5 — 96.8% (1253 parties)

1950 — Kinzel, Andreas vs Schmidt, Aaron Joel — 1-0 — Austria ch
1950 — Staudte, Hans-Hilmar vs Kontos, Othonas — 1-0 — Dubrovnik olm
1954 — Lokvenc, Josef vs Agustsson, Gudmundur — 1/2-1/2 — Amsterdam NED
1955 — Nei, Iivo vs Simagin, Vladimir — 1/2-1/2 — Voroshilovgrad
1955 — Suetin, Alexey S vs Veresov, Gavriil — 1-0 — Minsk BLR

8.d4 — 1.8% (23 parties)

1978 — Sikora-Lerch, Jan vs Meduna, Eduard — 1-0 — Marianske Lazne
1991 — Barrenechea Bahamonde, Gustavo vs Sola Plaza, Gregorio — 1-0 — Azkotia
1993 — Thompson, Daniel vs Stemmler, D. — 1-0 — Eastpointe ch-MI 30'
1997 — Ribbeheger, Edgar vs Schroeder, Wilfried — 0-1 — Ruhrgebiet
1997 — Campana, Horacio Pedro vs Aleliunas, Dominykas — 1-0 — CAPA Ascenso-4/95

8.h4 — 1.0% (13 parties)

1976 — Martorelli, Antonio vs Cucinella, Vincenzo — 1-0 — Cirella di Diamante
1994 — Tate, Emory vs Cooper, Thomas L. — 0-1 — Chicago op Chicago, IL USA
1994 — Dave, Kantilal vs Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam — 1/2-1/2 — Indianapolis, IN USA
1999 — Turunen, Markus vs Salo, Tapio — 1/2-1/2 — Vantaa op
2000 — Baturin, Anton vs Naumov, Vadim — 1-0 — ?

8.Bxc6+ — 0.2% (2 parties)

1998 — Cook, Dave vs Levy, Yehuda — 1-0 — IECC
2008 — Jotevski, Aleksej vs Bekarovski, Filip — 0-1 — Skopje MKD