C48r — Four Knights: Rubinstein, 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), case forte g4, case forte b5, case forte d5, Ba4 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● c3 — Préparer d4
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● c3 — Préparer d4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : Bc5 actif, paire de fous, colonne e.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...c6 — Rupture
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...Re — Tour sur colonne e
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...c6 — Rupture
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...Re — Tour sur colonne e
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● centre 2v1 | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● g4 (2v1), ● b5 (2v1), ● d5 (2v1) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | ● d7 |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | — | ● e |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Ba4 | ● Ba4 Actif (mob. 4) | |
| Bc5 | ● Bc5 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Clouages | — | ● pawn d7 |
| Non développées | 3 (c1, a1, h1) | 3 (c8, 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 | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● d2-d3, ● f2-f3 | ● …c7-c6, ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1904 USA-07.Congress – Round 5 – Kemeny, Matthias – 0-1 – Marshall Viele, Fabrizio Aaron – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O f6 10. Kh1 fxe5 |
| 1912 It (Men) San Sebastian ESP – Round 16 – Spielmann, Rudolf – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G37 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. f4 b5 |
| 1928 Budapest – Round 1 – Merenyi, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Von Balla, Zoltan – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O |
| 1932 Budapest – Round 1 – Canal, Esteban – 0-1 – Steiner, Lajos – G45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 d6 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Nh5 |
| 1935 Tatatovaros – Round 12 – Merenyi, Lajos – 0-1 – Szabo, Laszlo – G66 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 |
| 1935 Warsaw POL – Round 3 – Book, Eero – 1-0 – Vidmar Milan – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 d6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 b5 |
| 1938 Hastings3839 – Round 3 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 0-1 – Milner Barry, Philip – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Qh4 |
| 1940 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1-0 – Veresov, Gavriil – G107 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. dxc3 Ne6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 |
| 1947 Essen – Round 1 – Rautenberg, Wilhelm – 0-1 – Wildschuetz – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 |
| 1948 GBR-NED match – Round 2.7 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 0-1 – Vlagsma, Chris – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 |
| 1949 Mar del Plata – Round 11 – Lasker, Edward – 1/2-1/2 – Maderna, Carlos – G100 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. dxc3 Ne6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 |
| 1949 Mar del Plata – Round 15 – Michel, Pascal – 1-0 – Gentil Le Roux, Loevan – G132 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 d5 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 |
| 1949 Oldenburg – Round ? – Tautvaisas, Povilas – 1-0 – Sarapu, Ortvin – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 d6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 a5 |
| 1949 Oldenburg – Round 1 – Tautvaisas, Povilas – 1-0 – Sarapuu, Ortwin – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 d6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 a5 |
| 1950 Interzonal – Round 11 – Rellstab, Ludwig – 0-1 – Kostic, Boris – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 c6 9. d3 d5 10. Be3 Re8 |
| 1953 Hastings Premier 1952/53 28th – Round 6 – Blau, Max – 0-1 – Lasker, Edward – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 d5 9. Nfxd5 Nxe4 10. Nxb6 axb6 |
| 1957 Leningrad Ch – Round 16 – Nikitin, Aleksander S – 1/2-1/2 – Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich – G122 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 |
| 1957 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Klaman, Konstantin Mikhailovich – 0-1 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – G20 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne6 10. Kh1 Bd6 |
| 1959 HUN Ch 15th – Round 13 – Honfi, Karoly – 0-1 – Kluger, Gyula – G47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. O-O d5 9. Nxd5 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nf6 |
| 1959 HUN Ch 15th – Round 18 – Honfi, Karoly – 1-0 – Pogats, Jozsef Jr. – G66 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. O-O d5 9. Nxd5 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nf6 |
| 1960 BUL-ch14 Sofia BUL – Round 4 – Hadjipetrov, Alexander – 0-1 – Milev, Zdravko – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. O-O d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qh4 |
| 1961 Oberhausen etc – Round 2 – Fichtl, Jiri – 1-0 – Schuster, Thomas – G76 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O c6 10. Ne2 d5 |
| 1964 Sarajevo 07th – Round 9 – Pachman, Ludek – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nf6 |
| 1966 Corr – Round ? – Dubinin, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Altshuler, Roman Zinovievich – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. O-O d5 9. Nxd5 Nxe4 10. Ne3 c6 |
| 1968 USSR – Round 1 – Estrin, Yakov – 1-0 – Moldavsky, Roman S. – G20 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 |
| 1969 Nordic Ch Lidkoping SWE – Round 7 – Drimer, Dolfi – 1-0 – Olsson, Ake – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. O-O d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qh4 |
| 1969 USSR – Round 1 – Estrin, Yakov – 1/2-1/2 – Antoshin, Vladimir S – G41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. Nf4 c6 9. d3 d5 10. Be3 Ng4 |
| Amber Blindfold 2005 – Round 10 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 0-1 – Leko, Peter – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 2.2 – Nguyen, Anh Dung – 1/2-1/2 – Tkachiev, Vladislav – G210 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nxd6 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 3.6 – Motylev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G289 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 18 – Erigaisi Arjun – 1-0 – Radjabov Teimour – G342 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 7. Nf3 Na6 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 |
| It Linares ESP 1992 – Round 11 – Short, Nigel D – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 Qg5 |
| Makedonia Palace GP 2013 – Round 2.3 – Morozevich, Alexander – 1-0 – Svidler, Peter – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| Melody Amber, Blindfold, Monaco 1995 – Round 6 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 |
| Novgorod 1994 – Round 4 – Shirov, Alexei – 1/2-1/2 – Short, Nigel D – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2017 – Round 8.1 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 17.7 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 0-1 – Radjabov, Teimour – G134 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 c6 9. exf6 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Qxf6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 18.22 – Duda, Jacob – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G1109 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Bf5 |


Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
Carlsen, Magnus — 1 partie
Kasparov, Garry — 1 partie
1912 — Spielmann, Rudolf vs Rubinstein, Akiba — 0-1 — San Sebastian ESP
1919 — Flamberg, Alexander vs Rubinstein, Akiba — 1/2-1/2 — Warszawa ch-city
1930 — Havasi, Kornel vs Kmoch, Hans — 1/2-1/2 — Vienna AUT
1932 — Canal, Esteban vs Steiner, Lajos — 0-1 — Budapest HUN
1940 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Veresov, Gavriil — 1-0 — Moskou ch-URS
1947 — Penrose, Jonathan vs Barden, Leonard — 1-0 — Hastings ENG
1949 — Lasker, Edward vs Maderna, Carlos — 1/2-1/2 — Mar del Plata ARG
1953 — Kunze, Klaus vs Otto Arnold — 1/2-1/2 — Jena GER
2005 — Schein, Karl-Heinz vs Halser, Walter — 1-0 — Graz AUT
2018 — Arakeljan, Armen M. vs Garayev, Murad — 0-1 — Tula RUS
2007 — Kaptsan, Aron vs Gentes, Kevin — 1/2-1/2 — Winnipeg CAN