C42s — Russian Game: Classical, Mason Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur la case forte e5, un fou actif en d3 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b1, le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Nbd2 (Développer Nb1) ; Be3 (Développer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; Tour sur colonne e.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b1, le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Nbd2 (Développer Nb1) ; Be3 (Développer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; Tour sur colonne e.
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur un fou actif en e7 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8, le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...f6 (Rupture) ; ...f5 (Rupture) ; Tour sur colonne e.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8, le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...f6 (Rupture) ; ...f5 (Rupture) ; Tour sur colonne e.
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● e5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | ● g5 |
| Centre | ● d4 (1v0), ● e5 (2v0) | ● d5 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Ouvertes | ● e | ● e |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bd3 | ● Bd3 Actif (mob. 5) | |
| Be7 | ● Be7 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (b1, c1, a1) | 3 (b8, c8, a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● c2-c3 | ● …f7-f6, ● …f7-f5 |
| Partie |
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| 1902 It (Men) Hanover GER – Round 3 – Cohn, Wilhelm – 1-0 – Pillsbury, Harry – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. h3 h6 |
| 1902 It (Men) Vienna AUT – Round 1 – Kostic, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – John, Walter – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 Re8 10. c3 Bd6 |
| 1902 It (Men) Vienna AUT – Round 11 – Morrison, John – 1/2-1/2 – John, Walter – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 |
| 1902 Monte Carlo – Round 11 – Eisenberg, Louis R – 1-0 – Pillsbury, Harry – G50 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 |
| 1903 Monte Carlo – Round 17 – Reggio, Arturo – 1/2-1/2 – Mason, James – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 f5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. f3 Nxe5 |
| 1905 Hauptturnier A – Round 15 – Vidmar Milan – 1-0 – Englund, Fritz – G50 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Re1 Bg4 |
| 1907 Ostende II – Round 17 – Leonhardt, Paul – 1-0 – Mortimer, James – G209 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 f5 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Kh8 |
| 1923 Scheveningen – Round 4 – Norman Hansen, Holger – 0-1 – Olland, Adolf George – G49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 |
| 1933 BCF Ch 26th – Round 9 – Thomas, George Alan – 1-0 – Jameson, Francis Noel – G25 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 |
| 1933 Folkestone Olympiad 5th – Round 4.2 – Thomas, George Alan – 1-0 – Page, George – G37 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nc3 Be6 |
| 1940 Ch URS Moscow RUS – Round 16 – Lisitsin, Georgy – 1/2-1/2 – Lilienthal, Andor – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 |
| 1940 New York ch-USA – Round 1 – Kashdan, Isaac – 1-0 – Kupchik, Abraham – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. c5 Bg4 |
| 1946 Helsinki – Round 5 – Kiuru, V. – 1/2-1/2 – Fred, Aatos – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne5 Bf5 |
| 1950 BCF Ch 37th – Round 9 – Fuller, John Arthur – 1/2-1/2 – Thomas Andrew – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 |
| 1952 JUG Ch Belgrade YUG – Round 11 – Bogdanovic, Rajko – 1/2-1/2 – Krzisnik, Zvonko – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 |
| 1953 Opatija – Round 7 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – 1/2-1/2 – Porreca, Giorgio – G54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 |
| 1959 Boehlen U20 – Round 4 – Rautenstrauch, Hans Hubert – 1-0 – Hennings, Artur – G7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 Na6 |
| 1960 Sao Paulo zt – Round 13 – German, Eugenio – 1-0 – Perez Alcocer, Jose – G71 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 Bd6 |
| 1965 Harrachov U26 – Round 6 – Plachetka, Jan – 1/2-1/2 – Tichy, Vladimir – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 |
| 1968 IBM – Round 15 – Ree, Hans – 1/2-1/2 – Langeweg, Kick – G50 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 |
| 1968 OWL Ch – Round 9 – Groenegress, Wilfried – 1-0 – Adam, Detlef – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 |
| 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters - Round 4.3 - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - 1-0 - Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - G24 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. c5 Bg4 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 8.7 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1/2-1/2 – Li, Chao – G551 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 |
| 7. Norway Chess 2019 – Round 6.2 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Yu, Yangyi – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 |
| Bugojno 1978 – Round 14 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G80 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 2.1 – Sevian, Samuel – 1/2-1/2 – Li, Chao – G214 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nb4 |
| Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 – Round 12 – Adams, Michael – 1-0 – Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan – G157 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 8.24 – Tsydypov, Zhamsaran – 1/2-1/2 – Ponkratov, Pavel – G470 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nc6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 19.97 – Zarubitski, Viachaslau – 1/2-1/2 – Xu, Xiangyu – G1322 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 |
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1902 It (Men) Hanover GER – Round 3 – Cohn, Wilhelm – 1-0 – Pillsbury, Harry – G10
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1902 It (Men) Vienna AUT – Round 1 – Kostic, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – John, Walter – G4
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1902 It (Men) Vienna AUT – Round 11 – Morrison, John – 1/2-1/2 – John, Walter – G14
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1902 Monte Carlo – Round 11 – Eisenberg, Louis R – 1-0 – Pillsbury, Harry – G50
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1903 Monte Carlo – Round 17 – Reggio, Arturo – 1/2-1/2 – Mason, James – G31
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1905 Hauptturnier A – Round 15 – Vidmar Milan – 1-0 – Englund, Fritz – G50
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1907 Ostende II – Round 17 – Leonhardt, Paul – 1-0 – Mortimer, James – G209
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1923 Scheveningen – Round 4 – Norman Hansen, Holger – 0-1 – Olland, Adolf George – G49
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1933 BCF Ch 26th – Round 9 – Thomas, George Alan – 1-0 – Jameson, Francis Noel – G25
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1933 Folkestone Olympiad 5th – Round 4.2 – Thomas, George Alan – 1-0 – Page, George – G37
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1940 Ch URS Moscow RUS – Round 16 – Lisitsin, Georgy – 1/2-1/2 – Lilienthal, Andor – G11
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C42 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 - Russian Game (Petroff Defence) [+0.41], C42s - 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O - Russian Game: Classical Mason Variation [+0.40], SÉRIE C
1940 New York ch-USA – Round 1 – Kashdan, Isaac – 1-0 – Kupchik, Abraham – G3
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