Structure de pions
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pions doublés
Pions isolés
Arriérés
Chaînes
Passés
Majorité
Cases
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Cases fortes ● b5 (2v1), ● d5 (2v1)
Cases faibles
Centre ● d5 (2v1), ● e5 (1v0)
Colonnes et diagonales
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pièces
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Bc1 ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Be2 ● Be2 Actif (mob. 5)
Bc8 ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf8 ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous ● Oui ● Oui
Non développées 3 (● c1, ● a1, ● h1) 4 (● c8, ● 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 fermé
Ruptures ● …d7-d5

C48g — Four Knights: Rubinstein Countergambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 *   ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre fermé

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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bR
bB
bQ
bK
bB
bR
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bN
Case forte (2v1)
Case forte (2v1)
bPpawn en prise !
bN
wPPion central
wN
wN
wP
wP
wP
wP
wBFou actif — mobilité 5
wP
wP
wP
wR
wB
wQ
wK
wR
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Plans. d3 (Solidifier le centre — 40 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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wR
wK
wQ
wB
wR
wP
wP
wP
wB
wP
wP
wP
wP
wN
wN
wP
bN
bPpawn en prise !
bN
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bR
bBFou actif — mobilité 5
bK
bQ
bB
bR
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Plans. ...Nxf3+ (Capture en f3 — 60 % des parties) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8 — 40 % des parties).
Avantages
Faiblesses
Diagonale active
Plans
Partie
1921 The Hague – Round 2 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Euwe, Max – G11
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxb6 axb6
1922 Londen – Round 9 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Euwe, Max – G31
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6
1922 London – Round ? – Maroczy – 1/2-1/2 – Euwe, Max – G38
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6
1922 Teplitz-Schoenau – Round 9 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Reti, Richard – G61
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 d6 6. d3 Nxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd2 c6
1931 Bled – Round 1 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Stoltz, Gösta – G113
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 d6 6. d3 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne1 O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5
1936 Bad Nauheim – Round 1 – Alekhine, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Van den Bosch, Johannes – G7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. d4 Bb6
1958 Mar del Plata – Round 3 – Emma, Jaime – 1/2-1/2 – Letelier Martner, Rene – G20
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 d6 6. d3 Nxe2 7. Qxe2 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rd1 c6
1962 Erevan ch-URS – Round 1 – Aronin, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Korelov, Alexander P – G141
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qd2 a5 10. O-O d6

C48g — Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation (1921)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Be2
Les coups candidats
5…Nxf3+ — 42.9% (33 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Mohamed, Farag Amrou (2x), Wegerle, Joerg (2x), Aronin, Lev (1x), Korelov, Alexander P (1x), Marceta, Milan (1x), Arbeithuber, Jakob (1x), Ivkov, Borislav (1x), Shamkovich, Leonid (1x)
5…d6 — 35.1% (27 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Minz, Michail (3x), Aronin, Lev (1x), Vistaneckis, Isakas (1x), Emma, Jaime (1x), Letelier Martner, Rene (1x), Clay, Cory (1x), Pascoe, Bramwell (1x), Bodenstein, Joachim (1x)
5…Nxe2 — 7.8% (6 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Suarez Vicente, Cristina (1x), Saccona, Silvano (1x), Basiev, Timur (1x), Kotlyar, Kirill (1x), Ojeda, Jesus David (1x), Cristancho, Jean K (1x), Bersamina, Paulo (1x), Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav (1x)
5…d5 — 5.2% (4 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Leaman, P. (1x), Rains, M. (1x), Gugala, Pawel (1x), Kopczynski, Krzysztof (1x), Arakaki Rodrigues, Andrey (1x), Sopko, Cassio Roberto (1x), Pap, Gyula (1x), Willy, Stephen (1x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 5…Nxf3+ 5…d6 5…Nxe2 5…d5
<1800 6 67% 17%
1800-2200 22 18% 45% 9% 9%
2200-2600 25 56% 28% 8% 4%
2600+ 3 33% 67%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 5…Nxf3+ 5…d6 5…Nxe2 5…d5
1950s 1 100%
1960s 2 50% 50%
1970s 1 100%
1980s 1 100%
1990s 13 46% 31% 8% 8%
2000s 14 50% 29% 7% 7%
2010s 16 38% 38% 6% 6%
2020s 29 38% 38% 10% 3%
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
5…Nxf3+ 38% 38% +0.4%
5…d6 38% 38% +0.4%
5…Nxe2 6% 10% ▲ +4.1%
5…d5 6% 3% ▼ -2.8%
Parties historiques
5…Nxf3+ — 42.9% (33 parties)
1962 — Aronin, Lev vs Korelov, Alexander P — 1/2-1/2 — Erevan ch-URS
1970 — Ivkov, Borislav vs Shamkovich, Leonid — 1/2-1/2 — Polanica Zdroj POL
1980 — Marceta, Milan vs Arbeithuber, Jakob — 1-0 — ?
1991 — Lebret, Christophe vs Dubois, Achille — 1/2-1/2 — Coupe de France
1994 — Berta Somogyi, Orsolya vs Moylan, Laura — 0-1 — Szeged HUN
5…d6 — 35.1% (27 parties)
1958 — Emma, Jaime vs Letelier Martner, Rene — 1/2-1/2 — Mar del Plata ARG
1962 — Aronin, Lev vs Vistaneckis, Isakas — 1/2-1/2 — Leningrad RUS
1990 — Pelikian, Jefferson vs Van Riemsdijk, Herman C. — 1/2-1/2 — Campo Grande op
1993 — Ivanovic, Radovan vs Hueckelheim, Franz Christof — 1/2-1/2 — GER
1998 — Clay, Cory vs Pascoe, Bramwell — 0-1 — Kalamazoo, MI
5…Nxe2 — 7.8% (6 parties)
1998 — Suarez Vicente, Cristina vs Saccona, Silvano — 0-1 — ?
2004 — Basiev, Timur vs Kotlyar, Kirill — 1-0 — Russia
2015 — Ojeda, Jesus David vs Cristancho, Jean K — 1-0 — Ocana
2025 — Bersamina, Paulo vs Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav — 1-0 — Al Ain UAE
2025 — Karthik, V. vs Makarian, Rudik — 1-0 — Doha QAT
5…d5 — 5.2% (4 parties)
1994 — Leaman, P. vs Rains, M. — 1-0 — Flint ch-MI jr sponsors
2004 — Gugala, Pawel vs Kopczynski, Krzysztof — 0-1 — Poland
2019 — Arakaki Rodrigues, Andrey vs Sopko, Cassio Roberto — 0-1 — Cuiaba
2024 — Pap, Gyula vs Willy, Stephen — 0-1 — ?