C55s — Two Knights: 5.O-O Be7
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Be7 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre mobile
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Plans. e5 (Occuper le centre — 51 % des parties) ; Re1 (26 % des parties) ; Nxd4 (Cavalier centralisé en d4 — 21 % des parties).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Plans. ...Ne4 (Cavalier centralisé en e4 — 37 % des parties) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8 — 22 % des parties) ; ...O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours — 13 % des parties) ; ...Ng4 (13 % des parties).
Avantages
Faiblesses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | ● d4, ● d7 |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d5 (2v1), ● g5 (2v0) | ● b4 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (2v1), ● d5 (2v1) | ● e4 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● d | ● e |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bc4 | ● Bc4 Actif (mob. 8) | |
| Be7 | ● Be7 Actif (mob. 5) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (● b1, ● c1, ● a1) | 3 (● c8, ● a8, ● h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Au centre |
| Droits de roque | — | O-O / O-O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | mobile | |
| Ruptures | ● c2-c3 | ● …d4-d3, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1901 2. Torneo USI – Round ? – Rosselli del Turco, Stefano – 1/2-1/2 – Ascoli, Felice – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 d5 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 Bd7 |
| 1907 Ostende II – Round 12 – Mortimer, James – 1/2-1/2 – Van Vliet, Lodewijk – G148 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. c3 d5 8. Bb5 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O |
| 1907 Vienna – Round 6 – Prokes, Ladislav – 0-1 – Loewy, Leopold Jr – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 O-O 8. e5 d5 9. exf6 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Bxd8 |
| 1914 Baden-Baden – Round 1 – Fahrni, Hans – 1/2-1/2 – Schlechter, Carl – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nc5 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Be3 d6 |
| 1923 Amsterdam m1 – Round ? – Euwe, Max – 0-1 – Kroone, Gerard – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. b3 Ne5 9. Be2 c5 10. Nf3 Bd7 |
| 1937 Rogaska Slatina – Round 14 – Kostic, Boris – 1-0 – Gereben, Erno – G20 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Bf1 Ng6 |
| 1945 Hastings4546 – Round 5 – Steiner, Heinrich Jun. – 1/2-1/2 – Prins, Laura – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c6 10. Be3 b5 |
| 1951 Marines Mem.Club,10 secm – Round ? – Koltanowski, George – 1-0 – Lutz, Godfrey – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1 d5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 f6 |
| 1951 Toronto Ch finals – Round 8 – Anderson, Frank Ross – 1-0 – Rose, Edward – G13 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bd3 Nc5 |
| 1952 Havana – Round 11 – Aguero Quesada, Gloriana – 0-1 – Lasker, Edward – G99 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Be2 Re8 10. b3 d5 |
| 1956 Zittau-A 6th – Round 6 – Zinn, Lothar – 1/2-1/2 – Blatny, Frantisek – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 d6 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Nd5 Bh4 |
| 1959 Wch U20 prel-C – Round 9 – Hoen, Ragnar Harald – 0-1 – Tcherniak, Gilles – G21 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. c3 Nge5 |
| 1960 CSR Ch – Round 11 – Kupka, Slavoj – 1-0 – Florian, Jaromir – G97 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Bxd6+ Qxd6 |
| 1960 S.F. Fairmont Hotel, bl – Round 21 – Koltanowski, George – 1-0 – Johnson, Robert K. – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 d6 10. Bf4 Bf5 |
| 1960 San Francisco – Round 1 – Koltanowski, George – 1-0 – Hansen Milton – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1 Nc5 8. Nxd4 Ne6 9. Nf5 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 |
| 1968 Bristol ch-BCF – Round 7 – Cafferty, Bernard – 1/2-1/2 – Knox, Victor W – G80 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c6 10. h3 b5 |













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