Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	● a2	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● c3→d4	● b7→c6, f7→g6, h7→g6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	—	● aile dame 3v2

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	—	—
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	—	● d5 (2v1)

Colonnes et diagonales

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Semi-ouvertes	● b	● d

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 7)
Ba4	● Ba4 Actif (mob. 4)
Bg7		● Bg7 Actif (mob. 5)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Non développées	4 (● g1, ● c1, ● a1, ● h1)	3 (● b8, ● c8, ● a8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Au centre	● Roqué
Droits de roque	O-O / O-O-O	—

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	mobile
Ruptures	● d4-d5	● …c6-c5, ● …e7-e5, ● …f7-f5

D85f — Gruenfeld: Exchange, 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre mobile

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plans. Ne2 (Développer g1 — 94 % des parties) ; Nf3 (Développer g1 — 4 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Plans. ...c5 (Frapper le centre adverse — 37 % des parties) ; ...b5 (Expansion aile dame — 19 % des parties) ; ...e5 (Occuper le centre — 19 % des parties) ; ...Nd7 (Développer b8 — 11 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Partie
Amber Rapidplay 1999 – Round 9 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Van Wely, Loek – G51 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5
Amber Rapidplay 2000 – Round 3 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Piket, Jeroen – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7
Amber-rapid 7th 1998 – Round 6 – Lautier, Joel – 0-1 – Van Wely, Loek – G26 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5
Croatia GCT 2019 – Round 2.6 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O cxd4
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 5.2 – Radjabov, Teimour – 1-0 – Xiong, Jeffery – G401 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7
FIDE World Rapid 2014 – Round 10.28 – Eljanov, Pavel – 1/2-1/2 – Volokitin, Andrei – G227 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7
GCT Blitz Paris 2019 – Round 8.2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Qa5
It, Linares ESP 1998 – Round 12 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Kasparov, Garry – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6
Linares 1998 – Round 4 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6
SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 27.8 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G215 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Qe7
Tal Memorial 2008 – Round 2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Morozevich, Alexander – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Re8
World Blitz 2022 – Round 10.4 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G532 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Bg4

D85f — Exchange (1998)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O

Les coups candidats

9.Ne2 — 93.7% (901 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Gleizerov, Evgeny (13x), Balogh, Peter (11x), Brown, Andrew (11x), Smejkal, Jan (8x), Shariyazdanov, Andrey (8x), Stohl, Igor (7x), Kramnik, Vladimir (6x), Gurevich, Dmitry (6x)

9.Nf3 — 3.8% (37 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Kovchan, Alexander (3x), Shtembuliak, Evgeny (2x), Nakamura, Hikaru (2x), Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2x), Wedda, Dries (2x), Tsiganova, Monika (1x), Richtrova, Eliska (1x), Meschnig, Manfred (1x)

9.Be3 — 0.9% (9 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Malinin, Yuri (1x), Osoblivi, Grigory (1x), Frandzeskakis, Kiriakos (1x), Kondou, Eva (1x), Daverio, Edoardo (1x), Di Fonzo, Valerio (1x), Becker, Marcel (1x), Lytchak, Alexander, Dr. (1x)

9.Bb3 — 0.4% (4 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Lahti, Jouko (1x), Hartio, Ilkka (1x), Gaule, Patrick (1x), Tukmakov, Vladimir B (1x), Wlogalski, Olivier (1x), Onturk, Senan Utku (1x), Spiric, Igor (1x), Fischermann, Simon (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	9.Ne2	9.Nf3	9.Be3	9.Bb3
<1800	15	93%	—	7%	—
1800-2200	257	91%	5%	2%	1%
2200-2600	569	95%	4%	0%	0%
2600+	48	92%	8%	—	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	9.Ne2	9.Nf3	9.Be3	9.Bb3
1970s	5	100%	—	—	—
1980s	2	100%	—	—	—
1990s	380	97%	0%	1%	1%
2000s	249	96%	2%	1%	—
2010s	240	94%	3%	1%	0%
2020s	86	69%	28%	—	1%

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
9.Ne2	94%	69%	▼ -25.6%
9.Nf3	3%	28%	▲ +24.6%
9.Be3	1%	0%	▼ -0.8%
9.Bb3	0%	1%	▲ +0.7%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Kramnik, Vladimir — 6 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 2 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
Karpov, Anatoly — 1 partie

Parties historiques

9.Ne2 — 93.7% (901 parties)

1972 — Holm, Sejer vs Smejkal, Jan — 0-1 — Polanica Zdroj POL
1973 — Holm, Sejer vs Jakobsen, Ole — 0-1 — Copenhagen DEN
1975 — Peev, Peicho vs Spiridonov, Nikolay — 0-1 — Pernik ch-BUL
1975 — Peev, Peicho vs Spiridonov, Nikola — 0-1 — Bulgaria
1975 — Peev, Peicho vs Stean, Michael F — 1/2-1/2 — Lublin POL

9.Nf3 — 3.8% (37 parties)

1994 — Tsiganova, Monika vs Richtrova, Eliska — 1/2-1/2 — GER
2000 — Meschnig, Manfred vs Mitter, Gerd — 0-1 — ?
2000 — Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Sorokin, Maxim — 0-1 — Linares
2005 — Graf, Adrian vs Kovchan, Alexander — 1-0 — Warsaw POL
2007 — Drozdovskij, Yuri vs Sutovsky, Emil — 0-1 — Moscow RUS

9.Be3 — 0.9% (9 parties)

1993 — Becker, Marcel vs Lytchak, Alexander, Dr. — 0-1 — Brilon
1994 — Frandzeskakis, Kiriakos vs Kondou, Eva — 0-1 — Athens GRE
1995 — Daverio, Edoardo vs Di Fonzo, Valerio — 1/2-1/2 — Geneva SUI
1995 — Dimitrijeski, Kristian vs Stephan, Axel — 0-1 — Leipzig GER
1999 — Malinin, Yuri vs Osoblivi, Grigory — 1-0 — Novgorod RUS

9.Bb3 — 0.4% (4 parties)

1996 — Lahti, Jouko vs Hartio, Ilkka — 0-1 — Jyvaskyla We JyS
1999 — Gaule, Patrick vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B — 1-0 — Crans Montana
2015 — Wlogalski, Olivier vs Onturk, Senan Utku — 0-1 — Halkidiki GRE
2025 — Spiric, Igor vs Fischermann, Simon — 1-0 — Heusenstamm GER