C48j — Four Knights: Rubinstein, 5.Bc4
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Plans. Nxe5 (Cavalier centralisé en e5 — 32 % des parties) ; d3 (Solidifier le centre — 25 % des parties) ; O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours — 8 % des parties) ; Nxd4 (Cavalier centralisé en d4 — 6 % des parties).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Plans. ...Bc5 (Fou actif (mobilité 6), Développer f8 — 57 % des parties) ; ...Nxf3+ (Capture en f3 — 18 % des parties) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8 — 14 % des parties) ; ...c6 (Renforcer le centre — 7 % 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 | ● b5 (2v1), ● d5 (3v1) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (3v1), ● e5 (1v0) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bc4 | ● Bc4 Actif (mob. 9) | |
| 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 |
| Partie |
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| 19. Amber Blindfold 2010 – Round 6 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. d3 c6 9. Nf4 g6 10. a3 Bg7 |
| 1906 Ostend – Round ? – Maroczy, Geza – 1-0 – Blackburne, Joseph – G35 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Bb3 a6 |
| 1912 It (Men) San Sebastian ESP – Round 21 – Spielmann, Rudolf – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. O-O O-O |
| 1912 Vilnius – Round 1 – Bernstein, Ossip – 1/2-1/2 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 Nd7 |
| 1913 It (Men) Scheveningen NED – Round 7 – Te Kolste, Jan Willem – 0-1 – Bogoljubow, Efim – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 d5 |
| 1913 Mlada Boleslav – Round 9 – Prokes, Ladislav – 1/2-1/2 – Hromadka, Karel – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qf3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| 1913 St Petersburg – Round 17 – Nimzowitsch, Aron – 1-0 – Levenfish, Grigory – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Qe2 Be7 |
| 1914 DSB-19.Kongress – Round 5 – Post, Erhard – 1-0 – Flamberg, Alexander – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Ne2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb6 |
| 1914 St Petersburg – Round 1 – Nimzowitsch, Aron – 0-1 – Alekhine, Alexander – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 |
| 1915 New York – Round 11 – Bernstein, Jacob – 1-0 – Chajes, Oscar – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 |
| 1915 New York – Round 3 – Bernstein, Jacob – 0-1 – Capablanca, Jose – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nd5 c6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Be3 Qb6 |
| 1915 New York USA – Round 8 – Chajes, Oscar – 1-0 – Kupchik, Boris – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Bxd4 exd4 9. Na4 Nd7 10. Nxc5 dxc5 |
| 1926 Dresden – Round 3 – Yates, Frederic D – 1-0 – Johner, Paul – G15 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bb3 c6 10. Ne2 Bb6 |
| 1930 Prague Ch – Round 10 – Runza, J. – 1-0 – Skalicka, Karel – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Na4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bh5 |
| 1947 Nt Essen GER – Round 8 – Rellstab, Ludwig – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bxd4 exd4 |
| 1967 URS Team Ch – Round 1 – Khanov, Kurban – 1/2-1/2 – Mikenas, Vladas – G124 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
| 1969 WchT U26 fin-B 16th – Round 2.4 – Hatlebakk, Einar – 1-0 – Toth, Bela – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g5 10. Bg3 d6 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 4.9 – Maze, Sebastien – 1/2-1/2 – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios – G314 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. a3 O-O |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 5.21 – Kovalev, Vladislavadislav – 1/2-1/2 – Ragger, Markus – G322 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 |
| 80. Tata Steel GpA 2018 – Round 10.6 – Wei, Yi – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G60 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 |
| 80. Tata Steel GpA 2018 – Round 3.2 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Ne2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb4+ |
| 82. Tata Steel GpA 2020 – Round 6.3 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G35 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O |
| Amber Blindfold 2008 – Round 2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 |
| Amber-rapid 13th 2004 – Round 6 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Be7 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bb3 O-O |
| Amber-rapid 14th 2005 – Round 5 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 |
| EU Team Ch (Men) 17th 2009 – Round 7 – Radjabov, Teimour – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G30 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 |
| FIDE GP 2010 – Round 12 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G76 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O g6 9. a3 Bg7 10. d3 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 3.2 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G341 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 Ne6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round QF Classical 2 – Donchenko Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Nodirbek Yakubboev – G640 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round QF Rapid 2 – Andrey Esipenko – 1-0 – Sam Shankland – G650 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne4 |
| GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 – Round 6.1 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2019 – Round 14.3 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G68 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2019 – Round 4.5 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G20 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 4 - Van Foreest, Jorden - 1/2-1/2 - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 |
| USA Ch 2018 – Round 5.5 – Liang, Awonder – 1/2-1/2 – Zherebukh, Yaroslav – G29 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 36 – Polgar, Judit – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G378 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. d3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb3 c6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 12.15 – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G723 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O c6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 21.16 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – 1/2-1/2 – Bu, Xiangzhi – G820 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 c6 9. Bb3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 15.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G1006 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Nxd5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 3.4 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Sychev, Klementy – G189 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 3.72 – Predke, Alexandr – 1-0 – Al Nhier, Hamoud – G216 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Bb3 d5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 7.13 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Paravyan, David – G458 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 7.2 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G395 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 1/2-1/2 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 11.29 – Iljiushenok, Ilia – 1-0 – Paravyan, David – G642 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Ne2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 10.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G641 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 |
| XVI Ciudad de Linares 99 1999 – Round 2.7 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 |













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