C61b — Spanish: Bird’s (1906)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4
Les coups candidats
4…Nxf3+ — 46.8% (290 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Boutteville, Cesar (3x), Kelemen, Gyorgy (3x), Vrana, Frantisek (3x), Griffiths, Peter C (2x), Kupreichik, Viktor D (2x), Lostuzzi, Manlio (2x), Barlocco, Carlo (2x), Jost, Horst (2x)
4…Bc5 — 22.0% (136 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Kapengut, Albert (2x), Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2x), Konicek, Petr (2x), Shukurova, Mehriban (2x), Thomas, Joseff (2x), Khezrian, Nooralzahra (2x), Ekstrom, Folke (1x), Carrisson, G. (1x)
4…d6 — 8.6% (53 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Abramovic, Bosko (2x), Karklins, Erik (2x), Peptan, Corina-Isabela (2x), Cross, Robert Gary (1x), Matzner, Stephen (1x), Westman, Jan Erik (1x), Witt, Leslie (1x), Abravanel, Chely (1x)
4…b5 — 6.6% (41 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Webb, Simon (1x), Garside, R (1x), Zaitsev, Aleksandr (1x), Timchenko, Alexandr (1x), De Coverly, Roger D (1x), Bryans, Nathaniel (1x), Harabor, Mihai (1x), Stremmel, Steve (1x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 4…Nxf3+ 4…Bc5 4…d6 4…b5
<1800 71 35% 24% 10% 14%
1800-2200 226 60% 17% 4% 6%
2200-2600 101 45% 39% 7% 1%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 4…Nxf3+ 4…Bc5 4…d6 4…b5
1950s 9 33% 44% 11% 11%
1960s 18 56% 22% 6% 6%
1970s 20 55% 25% 5% 15%
1980s 49 37% 35% 8% 8%
1990s 138 35% 28% 9% 4%
2000s 205 52% 20% 11% 5%
2010s 161 49% 16% 6% 10%
2020s 19 79% 11% — —
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
4…Nxf3+ 49% 79% ▲ +29.9%
4…Bc5 16% 11% ▼ -5.0%
4…d6 6% 0% ▼ -6.2%
4…b5 10% 0% ▼ -9.9%
Parties historiques
4…Nxf3+ — 46.8% (290 parties)
1952 — Bobekov, Radko vs Tsvetkov, Alexandar K — 1/2-1/2 — Sofia BUL
1953 — Leepin, Peter vs Marmoud, Edmond — 1-0 — Lucerne SUI
1955 — Solecki, Zbigniew vs Stoklosa, Jakub — 0-1 — Poland ch13
1961 — Rotstein, Jefim vs Simkin, Y — 0-1 — ?
1964 — Abhishek Mari S vs Boutteville, Cesar — 1-0 — Bordeaux op Bordeaux FRA
4…Bc5 — 22.0% (136 parties)
1950 — Pechan, Z. vs Vesely, Jiri — 0-1 — Chocen
1952 — Terpugov, Evgeny vs Fridstein, German — 1-0 — Riga LAT
1954 — Mariette, Jacques vs Javelle, Gabriel — 0-1 — cr ch FRA
1958 — Ljuboschiz, Alexander vs Ravinsky, Grigory — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1961 — Ekstrom, Folke vs Carrisson, G. — 1-0 — corr EU/M
4…d6 — 8.6% (53 parties)
1954 — Cross, Robert Gary vs Matzner, Stephen — 1-0 — Hollywood, CA
1966 — Westman, Jan Erik vs Witt, Leslie — 0-1 — Havana CUB
1975 — Paz y Barriga, Gustavo Ing vs Muir, Walter G — 0-1 — CADAP II ol bd1 7375
1985 — Abravanel, Chely vs Alet, Jean-Pierre — 1/2-1/2 — Clermont-Ferrand FRA
1986 — Stoica, Valentin vs Abramovic, Bosko — 0-1 — Bela Crkva
4…b5 — 6.6% (41 parties)
1956 — Zaitsev, Aleksandr vs Timchenko, Alexandr — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1965 — Webb, Simon vs Garside, R — 0-1 — GB
1976 — Abbasi, Nasser vs Falkenstein, Reinhard, Dr. — 1/2-1/2 — Hastings ENG
1977 — Carretero Ajo, Jesus vs Mendez Bayon, David — 1-0 — Valladolid
1979 — De Coverly, Roger D vs Bryans, Nathaniel — 0-1 — Basingstoke