C49k — Four Knights: Symmetrical, Pillsbury Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Ne7 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur la case forte c4, des fous actifs en b5 et g5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et un mauvais fou en b4.
Plans. h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et un mauvais fou en b4.
Plans. h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur les cases fortes g4 et c5, un fou actif en b4 et la paire de fous.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● c2→d3, d3→e4 | ● d6→e5, c7→d6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● c4 (2v0) | ● g4 (2v0), ● c5 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | ● d5 |
| Centre | ● e4 (2v1) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bb5 | ● Bb5 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bg5 | ● Bg5 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bb4 | ● Bb4 Actif (mob. 4) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 1 (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 | ● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d6-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1901 Havana m – Round 4 – Corzo y Principe, Juan – 0-1 – Capablanca, Jose – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. c3 Ba5 10. Ng3 h6 |
| 1901 RUS-ch02 – Round 5 – Schiffers, Emanuel – 0-1 – Janowski, Dawid – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 |
| 1906 DSB-15.Kongress – Round 8 – Wolf Heinrich – 1/2-1/2 – Janowski, Dawid – G49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bb3 Nxh4 |
| 1907 Berlin Jubilee – Round 11 – Adalid Moll, Pablo – 0-1 – Teichmann, Richard – G48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne8 10. d4 f6 |
| 1907 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Důras, Oldřich – 0-1 – Leonhardt, Paul – G147 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne8 10. d4 f6 |
| 1907 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Leonhardt, Paul – 1/2-1/2 – Teichmann, Richard – G141 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 b5 |
| 1907 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Wolf Heinrich – 1/2-1/2 – Johner, Paul – G82 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bc4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ng6 10. Nh4 c6 |
| 1907 Oostende – Round 2 – Tarrasch, Siegbert – 1-0 – Janowski, Dawid – G7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 |
| 1907 Ostende – Round 1 – Schlechter, Carl – 1-0 – Janowski, Dawid – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| 1908 DSB-16.Kongress – Round 14 – Von Bardeleben, Curt – 1-0 – Wolf Heinrich – G83 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Ba4 Bxc3 |
| 1908 Prague – Round 1 – Salwe, George – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G22 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. Ng3 h6 10. Be3 c6 |
| 1908 Prague – Round 1 – Treybal, Karel – 0-1 – Teichmann, Richard – G21 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 |
| 1908 Prague – Round 11 – Schlechter, Carl – 1/2-1/2 – Janowski, Dawid – G96 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 |
| 1908 Prague – Round 19 – Treybal, Frantisek – 0-1 – Teichmann, Richard – G150 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 |
| 1908 Prague – Round 9 – Prokes, Ladislav – 0-1 – Janowski, Dawid – G82 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. c3 Ba5 10. Nh4 h6 |
| 1909 BCF Ch 6th – Round 5 – Sergeant, Edward – 0-1 – Blake, Joseph – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| 1909 St Petersburg – Round ? – Perlis, Julius – 1-0 – Salwe, Georg – G118 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ba4 f5 |
| 1909 St Petersburg – Round 1 – Perlis, Julius – 1-0 – Salwe, George – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ba4 f5 |
| 1910 DSB-17.Kongress – Round 2 – Tarrasch, Siegbert – 0-1 – Spielmann, Rudolf – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1910 DSB-17.Kongress – Round 8 – Fleischmann, Leo – 1/2-1/2 – Leonhardt, Paul – G55 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 |
| 1910 DSB-17.Kongress – Round 8 – Yates, Frederic D – 0-1 – Spielmann, Rudolf – G53 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1910 Hamburg Hauptturnier-A – Round 1 – Bosch van Rosenthal, Edzard – 0-1 – Ahues, Carl – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 Ng6 |
| 1910 Vienna – Round ? – Tartakower, Savielly – 0-1 – Spielmann, Rudolf – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 |
| 1911 BCF Ch 8th – Round 9 – Mackenzie, Arthur J – 1-0 – McKee, James Alexander – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 a5 10. a3 Bc5 |
| 1911 San Sebastian – Round 5 – Schlechter, Carl – 1-0 – Důras, Oldřich – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Ne8 10. f4 Bxc3 |
| 1912 Bad Pistyan – Round 7 – Cohn, Erich – 1-0 – Johner, Paul – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 |
| 1912 It (Men) San Sebastian ESP – Round 5 – Spielmann, Rudolf – 1-0 – Forgacs, Laszlo – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Ne8 10. Qh5 Nc7 |
| 1912 Temesvar – Round ? – Tyroler, Alexandru – 1/2-1/2 – Réti, Richard – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Ng6 10. Kh1 Nf4 |
| 1914 BCF Ch 11th – Round 7 – Gunsberg, Isidor – 1/2-1/2 – Viner William Samuel – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 f5 |
| 1920 Bromley – Round 2 – Bigelow, Horace – 0-1 – Euwe, Max – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 Bxc3 |
| 1921 BCF Ch 14th – Round 6 – Price, Hubert E – 0-1 – Yates, Fred Dewhirst – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 |
| 1921 DSB-21.Kongress – Round 10 – Schlage, William – 0-1 – Ahues, Carl – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 |
| 1923 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Tarrasch, Siegbert – 0-1 – Yates, Frederic D – G91 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| 1923 Trieste – Round 1 – Singer, Christoph – 0-1 – Yates, Frederic D – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. Ng3 h6 10. Be3 c6 |
| 1924 BCF Ch 17th – Round 3 – Blake, Joseph – 1-0 – Price, Hubert E – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Be6 |
| 1924 Weston – Round 3 – Wainwright George Edward – 0-1 – Euwe, Max – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 |
| 1926 Bardejov – Round 5 – Kitaeff Mattison, Andres Constantin – 1-0 – Kostic, Boris – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bc4 c6 9. Ne2 Ng6 10. c3 Ba5 |
| 1926 WECU Major Open 3rd – Round 8 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 1/2-1/2 – Spencer, Edmund – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Bg4 |
| 1936 Nottingham – Round 1 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 0-1 – Lasker, Emanuel – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Kh8 10. f4 exf4 |
| 1937 Margate – Round 8 – Foltys, Jan – 1/2-1/2 – Keres, Paul Petrovich – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. Nh4 h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 |
| 1947 Hilversum zt – Round 10 – Plater, Kazimierz – 0-1 – O'Kelly, Albéric de Galway – G27 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Ba4 f5 |
| 1947 Mar del Plata – Round 10 – Hounie Fleurquin, Carlos – 0-1 – Pizzi Possi, Tulio – G90 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 |
| 1958 URS Ch sf – Round ? – Shaposhnikov, Yury – 0-1 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G72 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. d4 f6 |
| 1961 Corr FS – Round 1 – Lundqvist, Ake – 1-0 – Bernstein, Sidney – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| 1961 Oberhausen etc – Round 6 – Puig, Pedro – 0-1 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G163 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 |
| 1963 Leningrad ch-URS – Round ? – Bagirov, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G164 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Ba4 Ne8 10. Bb3 Kh8 |
| 4. Kings Tournament 2010 – Round 10 – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – 0-1 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – G28 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 9.10 – Perunovic, Milos – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G610 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 a5 |













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1905 — Schapiro, Elsie vs Schenkein, Joachim — 0-1 — Barmen GER
1907 — Wolf Heinrich vs Johner, Paul — 1/2-1/2 — Carlsbad CZE
1922 — Maroczy, Geza vs Yates, Frederic D — 1-0 — London ENG
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