Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● b2→c3, g2→h3, c3→d4 | ● a6→b5, d6→c5, d6→e5 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● g5 (2v0) | ● c4 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (3v2), ● e4 (2v1), ● e5 (2v1) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bc2 | ● Bc2 Ok (mob. 3) | |
| Be7 | ● Be7 Ok (mob. 1) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 6) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (● b1, ● c1, ● a1) | 2 (● c8, ● a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● c3-c4 | ● …d6-d5 |
C97a — Spanish: Closed, Chigorin, 11.d4 Qc7
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
Plans. Nbd2 (Développer b1 — 82 % des parties) ; d5 (Occuper le centre — 15 % des parties).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
Plans. ...cxd4 (Capture en d4, Occuper le centre — 47 % des parties) ; ...Bd7 (Fou actif (mobilité 7), Développer c8 — 20 % des parties) ; ...Nc6 (11 % des parties).
Avantages
Faiblesses
Diagonale active
Plans
├── C97d - 12.Nbd2 - Spanish: Closed, Chigorin (1906) [+0.37] · 258 parties
│ ├── C97h - 12…Bd7 - Spanish: Closed, Chigorin (1935) [+0.41] · 124 parties
│ │ └── C97i - 13.Nf1 - Spanish: Closed, Chigorin (1908) [+0.48] · 124 parties
│ │ ├── C97k - 13…Rfe8 - Spanish: Closed, Chigorin (1938) [+0.70] · 83 parties
├── C97m - 12.* - Spanish · 243 parties


Karpov, Anatoly — 10 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 10 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 10 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 10 parties
Smyslov, Vladimir — 7 parties
Hou, Yifan — 5 parties
Kramnik, Vladimir — 3 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 2 parties
Karpov, Aleksandr — 1 partie
Lasker, Emanuel — 1 partie
Fischer, Robert James — 1 partie
1950 — Van't Veer, P. vs Purdy, Cecil J S — 0-1 — corr Wch1
1950 — Aronin, Lev vs Alexander Tadala — 1-0 — Moskou ch-URS
1950 — Aronin, Lev vs Averbakh, Yuri L — 1/2-1/2 — Moskou ch-URS
1950 — Lipnitsky Isaak vs Pavlov, Mircea-Sergiu-Aurelian — 1-0 — Ch URS (1/2 final), Kiev UKR
1954 — Kaliwoda, Kurt vs Heilemann, Paul — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1956 — Benitez Diaz, Francisco Javier vs Benitez Rodriguez, Carlos — 1/2-1/2 — Moscow RUS
1957 — Parmalee, Clinton vs Cafarelli, Neil — 1-0 — East Orange
1958 — Darznieks, Artur vs Ivanovs, Aleksandrs — 1-0 — Riga LAT
1950 — Purdy, Cecil J S vs Balogh, Janos — 1/2-1/2 — corr Wch1
1950 — Purdy, Cecil J S vs Collins Justin — 1-0 — corr Wch1
1952 — Purdy, Cecil J S vs Sarapu, Ortvin — 1/2-1/2 — Auckland NZL
1953 — Cook, Patrick vs Abad Calderon, Abraham — 0-1 — Hastings ch-BCF
1957 — Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Bannik, Anatolij — 1-0 — Kiev UKR
1958 — Suetin, Alexey S vs Rabar, Braslav — 1-0 — Zagreb CRO
1958 — Suetin, Alexey S vs Mikenas, Vladas — 1-0 — Moscow RUS
1958 — Shianovsky, Vladislav I vs Poliak, Evsey — 1-0 — Kiev UKR