Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● f2→g3	● c6→d5, e6→d5, b7→c6, f7→e6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	—	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● f4 (2v0), ● g4 (2v1)	—
Cases faibles	● e4	—
Centre	—	● d5 (4v2)

Colonnes et diagonales

♔ Blancs

♚ Noirs

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf1	● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 6)
Bf8		● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous	● Oui	Non
Non développées	4 (● c1, ● f1, ● a1, ● h1)	4 (● b8, ● 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	tension

B11i — Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3…Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Tension centrale

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plans. Bg2 (Fianchetto, fou sur la grande diagonale — 80 % des parties) ; d3 (Libérer Bf1, préparer Bd3 — 18 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Plans. ...Bb4 (Clouer c3, Fou actif (mobilité 7), Développer f8 — 28 % des parties) ; ...Nbd7 (Développer b8 — 25 % des parties) ; ...Be7 (Fou actif (mobilité 5), Développer f8 — 18 % des parties) ; ...dxe4 (Capture en e4, Occuper le centre — 10 % des parties) ; ...Nxe4 (Cavalier centralisé en e4 — 8 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Partie
1944 Kiev – Round ? – Sokolsky, Alexey – 0-1 – Makogonov, Vladimir – G8 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7
1950 Candidats Tournament – Round 13 – Bronstein, David I – 1-0 – Flohr, Salo – G56 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Ne8
1952 Saltsjobaden Interzonal – Round 10 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – 1/2-1/2 – Petrosian, Tigran V – G95 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nb4 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qd1 Rc8
1957 URSS (URS Ch, semi final) - Round 15 - Geller, Efim P - 1/2-1/2 - Petrosian, Tigran A. - G317 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. O-O Qxe4
1957 URSS (URS Ch, semi final) - Round 19 - Sakharov, Yuri G. - 1/2-1/2 - Goldberg, Gavriel - G355 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 dxe4
1957 URSS (URS Ch, semi final) - Round 2 - Polugaevsky, Lev - 1/2-1/2 - Ilivitsky, Georgy A - G43 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne8
1957 URSS (URS Ch, semi final) - Round 9 - Nezhmetdinov, Rashid - 0-1 - Kotov Lundqvist, Alex - G267 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qe2 f5 10. O-O Qf6
1958 Munich olm fin-A – Round 5 – Pietzsch, Wolfgang – 1/2-1/2 – Clarke, Peter H – G35 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. f4 Qb6
1959 Moscow (URS Team Ch) - Round ? - Klavins, Janis - 0-1 - Petrosian, Tigran V - G134 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 dxe4 10. b3 Nbd7
1961 Moscow Ch – Round ? – Vasiukov, Evgeni – 1-0 – Goldberg, Grigory A – G88 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. d3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1961 Soviet-ch28 – Round 1 – Lutikov, Anatoly S – 1-0 – Simagin, Vladimir – G9 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. f4 g6
1962 Lippstadt (OWL Ch) - Round 11 - Mohrenstecher, Juergen - 1/2-1/2 - Groenegress, Wilfried - G29 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6
1962 Stockholm Interzonal – Round 14 – Geller, Efim P – 1-0 – Portisch, Lajos – G127 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. a3 Ba5
1965 Malaga ESP – Round 7 – Cuijpers, Frans Andre – 1/2-1/2 – Pomar Salamanca, Arturo – G7 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. d4 Nd7
1965 Pardubice – Round 10 – Fichtl, Jiri – 1/2-1/2 – Pithart, Frantisek – G69 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8
1967 Szeczin (POL Ch 24th) - Round 4 - Pietrusiak, Bogdan - 1-0 - Gromek, Jozef - G8 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne5 9. Qe2 d4 10. f4 dxc3
1968 Alma Ata ch-URS – Round 18 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – 1/2-1/2 – Podgaets, Mikhail – G153 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nd1 Be7
1968 Luhacovice (CSR Ch) - Round 15 - Vykydal, Frantisek - 0-1 - Augustin, Josef - G137 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 dxe4 10. Qd1 Nbd7
2008 Dagomys (TCh-RUS) - Round 10 - Ponkratov, Pavel - 1/2-1/2 - Bareev, Evgeny - G283 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6
3. London Chess Classic 2011 – Round 9 – McShane, Luke J – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G28 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 g6
GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 – Round 4.4 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G19 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5
Melody Amber, Blindfold, Monaco 1995 – Round 6 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – 0-1 – Karpov, Anatoly – G22 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 g6
World Blitz 2019 – Round 9.68 – Hansen, Eric – 1-0 – Triapishko, Alexandr – G644 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d3 Bc5 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O a5
World Rapid 2019 – Round 13.61 – Murzin, Volodar – 1-0 – Belov, Vladimir – G867 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe2 dxe4
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 – Round 2 – Morovic Fernandez, Ivan – 1-0 – Granda Zuniga, Julio E – G19 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 Qb6 10. b3 a5

B11i — Two Knights (1944)

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6

Les coups candidats

7.Bg2 — 87.8% (611 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Van der Wiel, John T.H. (8x), Dreev, Aleksey (8x), Hector, Jonny (8x), Holtman, Teodor (6x), Liwak, Przemyslaw (4x), Kudrin, Sergey (4x), Rudolf, Anna (4x), Kollars, Dmitrij (4x)

7.d3 — 8.6% (60 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Bronstein, David I (2x), Flohr, Salo (2x), Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (2x), Nezhmetdinov, Rashid (1x), Alexander G (1x), Pal, Gyorgy (1x), Kovassy, Dr Szabolcs (1x), Schrancz, Istvan (1x)

7.a3 — 2.2% (15 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Castro, Pablo Henrique O. (1x), Boehmfeldt, Bruno (1x), Bhend, Edwin (1x), Patuzzo, Fabrizio (1x), Feiguelman, Boris, Dr. (1x), Steinmacher, Josef (1x), Danov, Lyubomir (1x), Spiridonov, Nikola (1x)

7.exd5 — 0.6% (4 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Comp Isichess (1x), Bakker, Piet (1x), White, Richard (1x), Schreiner, Margot (1x), Zlatanova, Emilia (1x), Yordanova, Svetla (1x), Rubini, Alessandro (1x), Gobbo, Francesco (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	7.Bg2	7.d3	7.a3	7.exd5
<1800	25	80%	12%	—	4%
1800-2200	216	87%	10%	2%	1%
2200-2600	395	90%	7%	3%	—
2600+	19	89%	5%	5%	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	7.Bg2	7.d3	7.a3	7.exd5
1950s	14	79%	21%	—	—
1960s	13	85%	15%	—	—
1970s	7	86%	—	14%	—
1980s	16	88%	12%	—	—
1990s	75	88%	9%	—	1%
2000s	132	87%	10%	2%	1%
2010s	274	86%	9%	4%	1%
2020s	165	93%	5%	1%	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
7.Bg2	86%	93%	▲ +7.0%
7.d3	9%	5%	▼ -3.3%
7.a3	4%	1%	▼ -2.4%
7.exd5	1%	0%	▼ -0.7%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Karpov, Anatoly — 2 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 2 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 1 partie

Parties historiques

7.Bg2 — 87.8% (611 parties)

1952 — Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Petrosian, Tigran V. — 1/2-1/2 — Stockholm izt
1953 — Larsen, Bent vs Nielsen, E Verner — 0-1 — Copenhagen DEN
1954 — Burstein, Sylvain vs Mazzoni, Guy — 1-0 — Paris FRA
1956 — Limbos, Paul vs Van Seters, Frits — 1/2-1/2 — Brussels BEL
1957 — Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Kotov, Alexander — 0-1 — Kiev UKR

7.d3 — 8.6% (60 parties)

1950 — Bronstein, David I vs Flohr, Salo — 1-0 — Budapest HUN
1950 — Bronstein, David I vs Flohr, Salo — 1-0 — Wch candidates
1959 — Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Alexander G — 1-0 — Frunze KGZ
1965 — Schrancz, Istvan vs Kovassy, Sz — 1/2-1/2 — cr ch HUN
1967 — Pal, Gyorgy vs Kovassy, Dr Szabolcs — 1/2-1/2 — Hungary CCC-8

7.a3 — 2.2% (15 parties)

1977 — Castro, Pablo Henrique O. vs Boehmfeldt, Bruno — 1-0 — Dortmund GER
2001 — Bhend, Edwin vs Patuzzo, Fabrizio — 1/2-1/2 — SUI-chT SMM NLA
2004 — Feiguelman, Boris, Dr. vs Steinmacher, Josef — 1/2-1/2 — Eppingen GER
2010 — Danov, Lyubomir vs Spiridonov, Nikola — 1/2-1/2 — Sunny Beach BUL
2011 — Svetushkin, Dmitry vs Solak, Dragan — 1/2-1/2 — Vrachati GRE

7.exd5 — 0.6% (4 parties)

1994 — Comp Isichess vs Bakker, Piet — 0-1 — The Hague NED
2009 — White, Richard vs Schreiner, Margot — 1-0 — Fermo ITA
2012 — Rubini, Alessandro vs Gobbo, Francesco — 0-1 — Civitanova Marche ITA
2014 — Zlatanova, Emilia vs Yordanova, Svetla — 0-1 — Sunny Beach BUL