C41x — Philidor: Improved Hanham, 7.Re1 c6 8.a4
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b5, d5 et g5, un fou actif en c4 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en e7 et c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en e7 et c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | ● d6→e5, c7→d6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (3v1), ● g5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (2v1), ● d5 (3v1), ● e4 (2v1) | — |
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 | ● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d6-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1955 Aalborg – Round 1 – Enevoldsen, Jens – 1-0 – Nielsen, Hartvig – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 |
| 1955 Moscow RUS – Round 1 – Vasiukov, Evgeni – 1-0 – Sherbakov, L – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 h6 10. Ba2 Re8 |
| 1957 Hastings5758 – Round 1 – Keres, Paul – 1-0 – Penrose, Justin – G21 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. h3 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 |
| 1960 Ljubljana – Round 1 – Sofrevski, Jovan – 1-0 – Smederevac, Petar – G21 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 Ne8 10. Bb3 Bf6 |
| 1961 Oberhausen etc – Round 2 – Honfi, K. – 1-0 – Llado Lumbera, Jaime – G74 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Kh8 9. b3 Qe8 10. h3 Ng8 |
| 1962 Argentina – Round 8 – Sanguinetti, Raul – 1/2-1/2 – Bazan, Osvaldo – G43 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. a5 h6 10. h3 Re8 |
| 1964 Kecskemet zt – Round ? – Matanovic, Aleksandar – 1-0 – Clarke, Peter H – G100 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. a5 h6 10. h3 Re8 |
| 1965 Palma de Mallorca – Round 9 – Giustolisi, Alberto – 1/2-1/2 – Garcia Orus, Francisco – G12 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. h3 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 |
| 1969 Schwerin – Round 1 – Hennings, Artur – 1/2-1/2 – Moehring, Guenther – G27 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nb6 |
| 1969 Sweden – Round 1 – Kinnmark, Ove – 1-0 – Andersson 1965, Johan – G38 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Ne8 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Qd2 Qe7 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 2 – Akopian, Vladimir – 1-0 – Alvarez De Lima, Darcynae – G49 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R3 Rapid 2 – Andrey Esipenko – 1-0 – Idani Pouya – G529 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 Nf5 8. Qd5 Nh6 9. d4 d6 10. Bxh6 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R4 Classical 1 – Andrey Esipenko – 1/2-1/2 – Keymer Vincent – G541 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bb7 |
| FTX Crypto Cup 2022 – Round 1.3 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1-0 – Firouzja, Alireza – G11 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 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 |
| Interpolis 1993 – Round 2 – Hjartarson, Johann – 0-1 – Malaniuk, Vladimir P – G102 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Ba2 b6 10. Nh4 exd4 |
| 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 |
| TCh-RUS 2005 – Round 6 – Moiseenko, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Morozevich, Alexander – G90 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 h6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 17.59 – Agdestein, Simen – 0-1 – Kunin, Vitaly – G1082 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Qc7 |
| 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 2019 – Round 11.76 – Reshetnikov, Alexey – 1/2-1/2 – Bologan, Victor – G781 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. a5 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 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 2021 – Round 2.23 – Predke, Alexandr – 0-1 – Kadric, Denis – G82 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 8.49 – Durarbayli, Vasif – 1/2-1/2 – Dudin, Gleb – G482 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 b6 10. d5 Bb7 |
| 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 2022 – Round 21.39 – Pranav, V – 1-0 – Yudin, Sergei – G1122 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 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 4.51 – Andriasian, Zaven – 1-0 – Reshetnikov, Alexey – G266 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 |
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C41 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 - Philidor Defence [+0.40], C41x - 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 - Improved Hanham [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1965 Palma de Mallorca – Round 9 – Giustolisi, Alberto – 1/2-1/2 – Garcia Orus, Francisco – G12
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C41 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 - Philidor Defence [+0.40], C41x - 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 - Improved Hanham [+0.40], SÉRIE C
20. European Teams 2015 – Round 1.14 – Salgado Lopez, Ivan – 1-0 – Vandenbussche, Thibaut – G15
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Kasparov, Garry — 2 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 2 parties
Gukesh D — 2 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
Kramnik, Vladimir — 1 partie
Ju, Wenjun — 1 partie
1976 — Vukcevich, Milan vs Najdorf, Miguel — 1/2-1/2 — Reykjavik ISL
1980 — Yurtaev, Leonid vs Anikaev, Yuri N — 1-0 — Dnipropetrovsk
1981 — Lind, Jan-Olov vs Madebrink, Lars — 1-0 — Ystad
1983 — Varlamov, Viacheslav vs Kuzovkin, Alexander V. — 1/2-1/2 — Erevan ARM
1963 — Ciocaltea, Victor vs Vaisman, Volodia — 1-0 — Bucharest ROU
1963 — Penrose, Justin vs Grinyo Llado, Josep — 1-0 — Enschede zt
1964 — Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Udovcic, Mijo — 1-0 — Pula CRO
1969 — Schweber vs Guimard, Jean Louis — 1/2-1/2 — Villa Gesell ARG
1948 — Scheffer, D. vs Isaacs, Lewis Jl — 0-1 — Baltimore, MD USA
1955 — Enevoldsen, Jens vs Nielsen, Hartvig — 1-0 — Aalborg DEN
1955 — Vasiukov, Evgeni vs Sherbakov, L — 1-0 — Moscow RUS
1956 — Zobel, Leo vs Hofmann, Vilem — 0-1 — Bratislava SVK
1981 — Dupuis, Claude vs Bolduc, Steve — 1-0 — Montreal CAN
1984 — De Wit, Jan vs Hjorth, Gunnar — 1/2-1/2 — Amsterdam NED
1986 — Mortensen, Erling vs Rosenlund, Thorbjorn — 0-1 — Aarhus-A Aarhus DEN
1986 — Flogaus, Wolfgang vs Muller, Werner — 0-1 — Wurtemberg