C41v — Philidor: Improved Hanham, 7.a4 c6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
Avantages : case forte g5, Bc4 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Be7 enfermé, Bc8 enfermé.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé.
Plans :
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
Faiblesses adverses : Be7 enfermé, Bc8 enfermé.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé.
Plans :
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
Avantages : paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé.
Problèmes : Be7 enfermé, Bc8 enfermé.
Plans :
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...c5 — Rupture
● ...d5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé.
Problèmes : Be7 enfermé, Bc8 enfermé.
Plans :
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...c5 — Rupture
● ...d5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | ● d6→e5, b7→c6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● g5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (2v1), ● d5 (3v2) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bc4 | ● Bc4 Actif (mob. 9) | |
| Be7 | ● Be7 Enfermé (mob. 0) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Clouages | — | ● pawn f7 |
| Non développées | 2 (c1, a1) | 2 (c8, a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● d4-d5 | ● …c6-c5, ● …d6-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 1.14 – Salgado Lopez, Ivan – 1-0 – Vandenbussche, Thibaut – G15 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Nfg4 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 4.2 – Bacrot, Etienne – 1/2-1/2 – Markus, Robert – G168 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 Re8 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 8.9 – Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B – 1/2-1/2 – Can, Emre – G362 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Rapid – Round 3 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G11 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 |
| 22. ECU Club Cup 2006 – Round 6 – Asrian, Karen – 1/2-1/2 – Eljanov, Pavel – G157 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 b6 9. Re1 a6 10. Bg5 Rb8 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 5.31 – Harper, Ryan – 0-1 – Predojevic, Borki – G361 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 a5 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 11.27 – Vocaturo, Daniele – 1/2-1/2 – Kadric, Denis – G737 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Re8 |
| Alekhine Memorial 1971 – Round 1 – Stein, Leonid – 1/2-1/2 – Petrosian, Tigran V – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 h6 9. Ba2 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 |
| Euwe Memorial 1988 – Round 1 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Anatoly – G8 1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a4 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 d5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 12 – Caruana Fabiano – 1-0 – Carlsen Magnus – G221 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Re8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R3 Rapid 1 – Van Foreest Jorden – 0-1 – Alexey Sarana – G519 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 |
| Hoogovens 1979 – Round 9 – Hort, Vlastimil – 1/2-1/2 – Ree, Hans – G22 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Ba2 Bg4 |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 6 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 0-1 – Cueto, Jonny – G177 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Bh4 h6 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 – Round 23 – Dominguez Perez Leinier – 1-0 – Gukesh D – G115 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 Qc7 |
| SportAccord Blindfold Men 2012 – Round 6.8 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Jobava, Baadur – G48 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 Qc7 |
| SuperUnited Rapid 2023 – Round 9.4 – Saric, Ivan – 1-0 – Rapport, Richard – G44 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 h6 9. Ba2 Re8 10. h3 exd4 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 10.78 – Stefansson, Hannes – 1-0 – Hasangatin, Ramil – G655 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 2.53 – Grandelius, Nils – 1/2-1/2 – Kunin, Vitaly – G114 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qe2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 20.33 – Zhigalko, Sergei – 0-1 – Khairullin, Ildar – G1248 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 21.31 – Fressinet, Laurent – 1-0 – Khismatullin, Denis – G1099 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 1.15 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1-0 – Yudin, Sergei – G7 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 exd4 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 14.22 – Guseinov, Gadir – 1-0 – Yudin, Sergei – G823 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 16.47 – Al-Sayed, Mohammed – 1-0 – Khismatullin, Denis – G964 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 3.38 – Guseinov, Gadir – 1-0 – Maslak, Konstantin – G169 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 15.47 – Kobalia, Mikhail – 1-0 – Bologan, Victor – G1022 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf1 a5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 21.49 – Piorun, Kacper – 1/2-1/2 – Bologan, Victor – G1430 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Bf4 Ne6 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 5.52 – Smirin, Ilia – 1-0 – Tsoi, Dmitry – G349 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 b6 9. Re1 a6 10. h3 Rb8 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 9.78 – Geller, Jakov – 0-1 – Bologan, Victor – G648 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf1 a5 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 2.2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Yudin, Sergei – G72 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 5.14 – Gukesh D – 1-0 – Khismatullin, Denis – G265 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Re8 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 10.77 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – 1-0 – Reshetnikov, Alexey – G680 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 |
| World Rapid Final 2012 – Round 13 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1-0 – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – G100 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 |












