C48i — Four Knights: Rubinstein, Henneberger Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O * ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre fermé

♔ Point de vue Blancs

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Plans. Bd3 (20 % des parties) ; Bc4 (Fou actif (mobilité 8) — 9 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Plans. ...Nxb5 (Capture en b5 — 60 % des parties) ; ...c6 (Renforcer le centre — 32 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	—	—
Passés	—	—
Majorité	—	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● d5 (2v1)	—
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	● d5 (2v1), ● e5 (1v0)	—

Colonnes et diagonales

♔ Blancs

♚ Noirs

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bb5	● Bb5 Actif (mob. 7)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf8		● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Clouages	—	● pawn d7
Non développées	2 (● c1, ● a1)	4 (● c8, ● f8, ● a8, ● h8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Roqué	● Au centre
Droits de roque	—	O-O / O-O-O

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	fermé
Ruptures	—	● …d7-d5

Partie
1913 It (Men) Scheveningen NED – Round 12 – Olland, Adolf George – 1-0 – Schelfhout, William – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 b5 8. Ne2 Ne6 9. b3 Qb6 10. Bb2 d6
1919 Rotterdam NRS – Round 2 – Schelfhout, Willem – 1-0 – Oskam, Gerard – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Be7 9. d4 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O
1929 Ramsgate schev – Round 6 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 1/2-1/2 – Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene – G32 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. h3 Be7 10. b3 O-O
1943 UJCS-17.Kongress – Round 2 – Prucha, Karel – 0-1 – Foltys, Jan – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 g5
1946 Hoogovens – Round 9 – Cortlever, Nico – 1/2-1/2 – Kramer, Hanspeter – G20 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O
FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R3 Rapid 1 – Karthik Venkataraman – 1/2-1/2 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – G506 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 h6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1
World Blitz 2017 – Round 15.2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Ding, Liren – G775 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. h3 Be7 10. a4 O-O
World Blitz 2019 – Round 8.63 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1-0 – Santos Ruiz, Miguel – G573 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 d6 7. d4 c6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Nxd6+ Nxd6 10. exd6 Bxd6
World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.19 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – 0-1 – Nesterov, Arseniy – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 O-O
World Blitz 2023 – Round 10.10 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Sindarov, Javokhir – G556 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. Qg3 Qe7 8. d3 c6 9. Bc4 d6 10. a3 a5

C48i — Rubinstein, Henneberger Variation (1913)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O

Les coups candidats

5…Nxb5 — 60.5% (488 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Jovanovic, Bratislav M (11x), Gallagher, Joseph G. (9x), Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel (8x), Willemze, Thomas (7x), Nitin, S. (7x), Sutovsky, Emil (5x), Shabanov, Yuri (5x), Alexakis, Dimitris (4x)

5…c6 — 32.5% (262 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Vaishali, Rameshbabu (6x), Jovanovic, Bratislav M (5x), Daggupati, Balaji (5x), Shuvalova, Polina (5x), Speisser, Patrick (4x), Nitin, S. (4x), Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel (4x), Shabanov, Yuri (3x)

5…Bc5 — 2.9% (23 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Lundin, Erik (1x), Michel, Paul (1x), Pellant, Timothy (1x), Szmetan, Jorge (1x), Sanguinetti, Raul (1x), Lozano, Tomas R. (1x), Nugteren, Andrew (1x), Rouse, Phil (1x)

5…Nxf3+ — 2.4% (19 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Beck, Alec (1x), Markus, Nadin (1x), Archer, Richard (1x), Maxwell, Alistair (1x), Ianovsky, Alexander (1x), Gerber, Vladimir (1x), Jelen, Ales (1x), Rozman, Edo (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	5…Nxb5	5…c6	5…Bc5	5…Nxf3+
<1800	51	59%	33%	4%	—
1800-2200	270	67%	26%	2%	4%
2200-2600	392	56%	40%	3%	1%
2600+	35	57%	37%	—	6%

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	5…Nxb5	5…c6	5…Bc5	5…Nxf3+
1950s	2	—	50%	50%	—
1960s	2	100%	—	—	—
1970s	6	50%	—	17%	—
1980s	1	—	—	100%	—
1990s	39	77%	13%	3%	5%
2000s	136	71%	17%	5%	2%
2010s	156	78%	16%	3%	3%
2020s	464	51%	45%	2%	2%

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
5…Nxb5	78%	51%	▼ -26.9%
5…c6	16%	45%	▲ +28.8%
5…Bc5	3%	2%	▼ -0.8%
5…Nxf3+	3%	2%	-0.4%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Kramnik, Vladimir — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie
Ju, Wenjun — 1 partie

Parties historiques

5…Nxb5 — 60.5% (488 parties)

1966 — Charlene Salarda vs Perinelli, Paolo — 0-1 — Venice ITA
1968 — Fedorov, Bogdan vs Akimov, Kirill — 1-0 — Riga LAT
1974 — Timman, Jan H vs Benko, Pal — 1/2-1/2 — Venice ITA
1977 — Chen, Mingson vs Siff, Boris — 0-1 — ?
1978 — Wall, Alejandro vs Winkler, Jake — 1-0 — Statesville,NC

5…c6 — 32.5% (262 parties)

1952 — Spiller, Arthur R vs Quillen, James Paul — 1-0 — Hollywood, CA
1995 — Suleja, Jaroslaw vs Wlodarczyk, Oskar — 0-1 — Brzeg Dolny POL
1996 — Brookshire, Tommy vs Aragon Rada, Jorge Enrique — 0-1 — ?
1997 — Webersberger, Allyn vs Krueger, Anna — 0-1 — Niederrhein
1999 — Sutovsky, Emil vs Gofshtein, Leonid — 1-0 — Tel Aviv ISR

5…Bc5 — 2.9% (23 parties)

1951 — Lundin, Erik vs Michel, Paul — 1/2-1/2 — Vienna Schlechter
1974 — Sanguinetti, Raul vs Lozano, Tomas R. — 1-0 — Winnipeg Winnipeg CAN
1983 — Pellant, Timothy vs Szmetan, Jorge — 0-1 — Pasadena, CA USA
1995 — Nugteren, Andrew vs Rouse, Phil — 0-1 — corr IECC Trio
2003 — Machalkova, Lenka vs Skorvagova, Martina — 0-1 — Volyne

5…Nxf3+ — 2.4% (19 parties)

1997 — Beck, Alec vs Markus, Nadin — 1/2-1/2 — GER
1997 — Archer, Richard vs Maxwell, Alistair — 1/2-1/2 — England
2002 — Ianovsky, Alexander vs Gerber, Vladimir — 1-0 — Kiev UKR
2004 — Jelen, Ales vs Rozman, Edo — 1/2-1/2 — Kranj SLO
2005 — Zajac, Patryk vs Jaworski, Kacper — 1-0 — Polanica Zdroj POL