C49o — Four Knights: Symmetrical, Metger, Capablanca Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur des fous actifs en b5 et g5, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte b.
En contrepartie. Le pion isolé a2.
Plans. h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; Tour sur colonne b.
En contrepartie. Le pion isolé a2.
Plans. h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; Tour sur colonne b.
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur un fou actif en g4.
Côté adverse. Le pion isolé a2.
Plans. ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Côté adverse. Le pion isolé a2.
Plans. ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...c6 (Rupture) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | ● c2, ● c3 | — |
| Pions isolés | ● a2 | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● c3→d4 | ● d6→e5, c7→d6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | — | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (3v1) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● b | — |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bb5 | ● Bb5 Actif (mob. 9) | |
| Bg5 | ● Bg5 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bg4 | ● Bg4 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | Non |
| Non développées | 1 (a1) | 1 (a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● c3-c4, ● d4-d5 | ● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d6-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1906 DSB-15.Kongress – Round 17 – Wolf Heinrich – 1-0 – Cohn, Erich – G101 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1916 New York Rice prel – Round 7 – Bernstein, Jacob – 0-1 – Capablanca, Jose – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1922 Hastings Premier /23 3rd – Round 6 – Drewitt, John Arthur James – 1-0 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1922 Hastings Six-Masters – Round ? – Bogoljubow, Efim – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1922 Teplitz-Schoenau – Round 11 – Wolf, Hans-Josef – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G76 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1923 Maehrisch Ostrau – Round 3 – Tarrasch, Siegbert – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1923 Petrograd ch-URS – Round 3 – Bohatyrchuk, Fedir Parfenovych – 1-0 – Vigodchikov, Konstantin A – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1925 BCF Ch 18th – Round 6 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 1-0 – Moses, George Wyville – G25 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1925 Wiesbaden – Round ? – Spielmann, Rudolf – 1-0 – Schories, Georg – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1940 Buenos Aires – Round 1 – Bartis Bosch, Josep – 0-1 – Guimard, Jean Louis – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1950 URS Ch sf – Round 1 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 0-1 – Furman, Slavomir – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1952 Helsinki olm – Round 1 – Bhend, Edwin – 0-1 – Bisguier, Arthur B – G260 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1955 CSR Ch – Round 8 – Betak Miroslav – 0-1 – Sefc, Jan – G65 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1955 Moscow Ch – Round 15 – Lebedev, Boris – 0-1 – Estrin, Yakov – G91 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. Bg5 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1956 Corr W-02ch – Round ? – Batik, Frantisek – 1-0 – Ragozin, Viacheslav – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1956 Corr W-02ch – Round ? – Lundqvist, Ake – 1/2-1/2 – Endzelins, Lucius – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha – Round 1 – Dworzynski, Roman – 1/2-1/2 – Sefc, Jan – G4 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1957 Leningrad Ch – Round 2 – Nikitin, Aleksander S – 1-0 – Estrin, Yakov – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1959 Corr – Round 1 – Lundqvist, Ake – 1/2-1/2 – Ragozin, Viacheslav – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1959 Providence – Round 1 – Barry Bertomeu, Enrique – 1-0 – Alvarez March, Aleix – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Re1 Qe7 9. Bg5 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1966 Santa Monica – Round 1 – Ivkov, Borislav – 0-1 – Portisch, Lajos – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1966 Santa Monica – Round 1 – Ivkov, Borislav – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1968 Palma de Mallorca – Round 15 – Ivkov, Borislav – 1/2-1/2 – Gligorić, Svetozar – G136 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1969 POL Ch 26th – Round 12 – Kwasniewski, Janusz – 1/2-1/2 – Sydor, Andrzej – G60 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
| 1969 Rubinstein Memorial – Round 6 – Bagirov, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Sydor, Andrzej – G37 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 |
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1906 DSB-15.Kongress – Round 17 – Wolf Heinrich – 1-0 – Cohn, Erich – G101
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1916 New York Rice prel – Round 7 – Bernstein, Jacob – 0-1 – Capablanca, Jose – G17
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1922 Hastings Premier /23 3rd – Round 6 – Drewitt, John Arthur James – 1-0 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G17
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1922 Hastings Six-Masters – Round ? – Bogoljubow, Efim – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G26
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1922 Teplitz-Schoenau – Round 11 – Wolf, Hans-Josef – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G76
- Lire la suite
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1923 Maehrisch Ostrau – Round 3 – Tarrasch, Siegbert – 0-1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – G18
- Lire la suite
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1923 Petrograd ch-URS – Round 3 – Bohatyrchuk, Fedir Parfenovych – 1-0 – Vigodchikov, Konstantin A – G10
- Lire la suite
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1925 BCF Ch 18th – Round 6 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 1-0 – Moses, George Wyville – G25
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1925 Wiesbaden – Round ? – Spielmann, Rudolf – 1-0 – Schories, Georg – G12
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1940 Buenos Aires – Round 1 – Bartis Bosch, Josep – 0-1 – Guimard, Jean Louis – G24
- Lire la suite
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1950 URS Ch sf – Round 1 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 0-1 – Furman, Slavomir – G4
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C49 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 - Four Knights [+0.11], C49o - 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 - Symmetrical Metger Capablanca Variation [+0.47], SÉRIE C
1952 Helsinki olm – Round 1 – Bhend, Edwin – 0-1 – Bisguier, Arthur B – G260
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