C49f — Four Knights: Double Bishops, 6.d3 Bxc3
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur les cases fortes c4 et g5, un avant-poste en c4, un fou actif en b5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et une pièce en prise (le fou en c3).
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et une pièce en prise (le fou en c3).
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b4 et d4, un avant-poste en d4, un fou actif en c3 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1 et un mauvais fou en b5.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1 et un mauvais fou en b5.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● c2→d3, d3→e4 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● c4 (2v0), ● g5 (2v0) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (3v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | — | ● d4 (3v1), ● e5 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bb5 | ● Bb5 Actif (mob. 4) | |
| Bc3 | ● Bc3 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 2 (c1, a1) | 2 (c8, a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● d3-d4 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1902 DSB-13.Kongress – Round 15 – Cohn, Wilhelm – 0-1 – Atkins, Henry Ernest – G70 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 |
| 1903 It (Men) Monte Carlo MNC – Round 25 – Rubinstein, Akiba – 1/2-1/2 – Teichmann, Richard – G119 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 h6 10. Rb1 Be6 |
| 1905 Barmen-B – Round 1 – Kopa, Ignacy – 0-1 – Forgacs, Leo – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Ne8 10. d4 Ba6 |
| 1906 It (Men) Nuerenberg GER – Round 2 – Janowski, Dawid – 1-0 – Leonhardt, Paul – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Rb1 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bc4 b5 |
| 1907 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Maroczy, Geza – 1-0 – Salwe, George – G144 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 |
| 1907 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Nimzowitsch, Aron – 1/2-1/2 – Salwe, Georg H S – G92 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Be6 10. f4 Ng6 |
| 1907 Oostende – Round 2 – Janowski, Dawid – 0-1 – Schlechter, Carl – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne1 d5 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Rb1 a6 |
| 1907 Ostende II – Round 22 – Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene – 1/2-1/2 – Forgacs, Laszlo – G269 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qe2 Qc8 |
| 1908 DSB-16.Kongress – Round 2 – Spielmann, Rudolf – 1-0 – Johner, Paul – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1910 Hamburg Hauptturnier-A – Round ? – Gladig – 0-1 – De Meyer, Alexander – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ne8 10. d4 f6 |
| 1912 Temesvary – Round 1 – Merenyi, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Asztalos, Lajos – G42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. Nh4 h6 |
| 1921 Vienna – Round 8 – Krejcik, Jiri – 1/2-1/2 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – G20 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Kh7 |
| 1925 Moscow – Round 1 – Bogoljubow, Efim – 1-0 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – G108 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 a6 10. Ba4 Bd7 |
| 1931 Bled – Round 1 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Asztalos, Lajos – G110 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 d6 10. h3 Be6 |
| 1932 Bad Sliac – Round 1 – Canal, Esteban – 1-0 – Engel, Jan – G75 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bc4 b5 |
| 1932 Bad Sliac – Round 1 – Canal, Esteban – 1-0 – Treybal, Karel – G73 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 c5 |
| 1933 Jakarta sim – Round ? – Frahm, EDG. – 1/2-1/2 – Alekhine, Alexander – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| 1933 Moravska Ostrava – Round ? – Canal, Esteban – 1/2-1/2 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – G48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1936 Zandvoort – Round 11 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – G67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1936 Zandvoort – Round 7 – Maroczy, Geza – 1/2-1/2 – Spielmann, Rudolf – G49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 h6 10. Rb1 Be6 |
| 1938 Ljubljana – Round 15 – Vidmar, Milan Jr – 1/2-1/2 – Preinfalk, Anton – G102 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 |
| 1938 Trade Unions – Round 1 – Rovner, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Kamyshov, Mikhail – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1938 Trade Unions – Round 17 – Lisitsin, Georgy – 1-0 – Lilienthal, Andor – G139 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Qe7 |
| 1939 Buenos Aires ol prel-D – Round 2 – Czerniak, Moshe – 0-1 – Keres, Paul – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Re1 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Nd7 |
| 1946 Hastings4647 – Round 7 – Alexander, Conol Hugh – 1-0 – Abrahams, Gerald – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 |
| 1946 Ostrawa ch CZE – Round 10 – Rohacek, Ivan – 1/2-1/2 – Pachman, Ludek – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 |
| 1947 Chigorin Memorial – Round 1 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. d4 c5 10. Bd3 Ng6 |
| 1947 Parnu – Round ? – Renter, Raul – 0-1 – Bronstein, David I – G81 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 |
| 1948 Hastings Premier 1947/48 23rd – Round 8 – Alexander, Conol Hugh – 0-1 – Thomas, George Alan – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Re1 a6 9. Ba4 d6 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1950 Candidats Tournament – Round 3 – Lilienthal, Andor – 1/2-1/2 – Flohr, Salo – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| 1956 Moscow olm fin-B – Round 11 – Skold, Kristian – 1/2-1/2 – Noradounghian, Georges – G127 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Qe7 9. Qe2 Ne8 10. d4 f6 |
| 1957 URS Ch, semi final – Round 14 – Chistiakov, Alexander – 0-1 – Nezhmetdinov, Rashid – G131 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R2 Classical 1 – A.R. Saleh Salem – 1/2-1/2 – Abhimanyu Mishra – G265 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 O-O 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. f3 Nxc5 10. e4 b5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 8.1 – Andreikin, Dmitry – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G465 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bc4 b5 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 6.40 – Miton, Kamil – 0-1 – Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son – G319 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4 Ng6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 3.49 – Sokolin, Leonid – 0-1 – Bindrich, Falko – G181 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 c5 |













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