Structure de pions
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pions doublés
Pions isolés
Arriérés
Chaînes ● f2→g3, h2→g3 ● d7→e6, f7→e6
Passés
Majorité
Cases
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Cases fortes ● f4 (2v0), ● e5 (2v0), ● g5 (2v0)
Cases faibles
Centre ● d4 (2v1), ● e5 (2v0) ● d5 (2v1), ● e4 (1v0)
Colonnes et diagonales
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Pièces
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Bc1 ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bf1 ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 2)
Bc8 ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Bf8 ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 2)
Paire de fous ● Oui ● Oui
Non développées 5 (● b1, ● c1, ● f1, ● a1, ● h1) 5 (● b8, ● c8, ● f8, ● a8, ● h8)
Sécurité du roi
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Statut ● Au centre ● Au centre
Droits de roque O-O / O-O-O O-O / O-O-O
Thèmes
♔ Blancs ♚ Noirs
Phase Ouverture
Centre mobile
Ruptures ● d4-d5 ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5

E00h — Catalan: 3…c5 4.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 *   ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre mobile

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Case forte (2v0)
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Plans. Bg2 (Fianchetto, fou sur la grande diagonale — 12 % des parties) ; d5 (Occuper le centre — 2 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Plans. ...cxd4 (Capture en d4, Occuper le centre — 77 % des parties) ; ...d5 (Occuper le centre — 11 % des parties) ; ...b6 (Préparer le fianchetto — 8 % des parties).
Avantages
Faiblesses
Diagonale active
Plans
Partie
1950 HUN-ch06 – Round 1 – Benko, Pal – 1-0 – Koberl, Ferenc – G21
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 a6
1956 Montreal – Round 1 – Zizys, Martynas – 0-1 – Lombardy, William J – G13
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 d5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Nfd2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 d4
1959 Madrid – Round 1 – Pomar Salamanca, Arturo – 1-0 – Prins, Laura – G4
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nb3 Qh5 8. Bg2 d5 9. h3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5
1966 Havana CUB – Round 10 – Romani, Elio – 1-0 – Garcia Vergara, Pablo – G61
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Qc7 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 O-O
SWIFT 1986 – Round 1 – Miles, Anthony J – 1/2-1/2 – Romanishin, Oleg M – G8
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. d5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Qc2 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+
World Blitz 2017 – Round 3.26 – Miton, Kamil – 1-0 – Adly, Ahmed – G140
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Na6

E00h — Catalan (1950)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3
Les coups candidats
4…cxd4 — 79.0% (5365 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Raetsky, Alexander (36x), Rashkovsky, Nukhim N (21x), Haba, Petr (19x), Hausner, Ivan (16x), Sosonko, Gennadi (15x), Taylor, Gordon (15x), Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (14x), Olafsson, Helgi (12x)
Ambassadeurs : Taylor, Gordon (4x), Mlynek, Petr (4x), Pomar Salamanca, Arturo (3x), Alburt, Lev (3x), Tu, Hoang Thong (3x), Lima, Fidel Da Silva (3x), Golombek, Harry (2x), Aaron, Manuel (2x)
4…b6 — 7.6% (517 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Hort, Vlastimil (3x), Quinteros, Miguel A. (3x), Alburt, Lev (2x), Dorfman, Iossif (2x), Odendahl, Steven (2x), Gacso, Tibor (2x), Gurevich, Dmitry (2x), Jancarik, Joel (2x)
4…a6 — 1.4% (92 parties)
Ambassadeurs : Franco Ocampos, Zenon (2x), Samuelsson, Sven-Gunnar (2x), Yudasin, Leonid (2x), Knezevic, Milorad (1x), Peev, Peicho (1x), Briestensky, Rastislav (1x), Latas, Boguslaw (1x), Timoscenko, Gennadij (1x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 4…cxd4 4…d5 4…b6 4…a6
<1800 228 63% 13% 13% 2%
1800-2200 2185 71% 11% 11% 2%
2200-2600 3507 86% 6% 5% 1%
2600+ 172 95% 1% 3% 1%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 4…cxd4 4…d5 4…b6 4…a6
1950s 51 69% 18% 10%
1960s 67 64% 24% 7%
1970s 274 76% 10% 12% 1%
1980s 632 82% 9% 6% 2%
1990s 1023 74% 11% 9% 1%
2000s 1684 79% 7% 8% 2%
2010s 2392 80% 7% 7% 1%
2020s 665 87% 5% 5% 0%
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
4…cxd4 80% 87% ▲ +7.7%
4…d5 7% 5% ▼ -2.4%
4…b6 7% 5% ▼ -1.8%
4…a6 1% 0% ▼ -1.0%
Joueurs célèbres
Champions du monde dans cette position
Carlsen, Magnus — 10 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 7 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 5 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 5 parties
Hou, Yifan — 5 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 5 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 4 parties
Kramnik, Vladimir — 3 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 2 parties
Smyslov, Vladimir — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie
Parties historiques
4…cxd4 — 79.0% (5365 parties)
1950 — Rovner, Dmitry vs Mikenas, Vladas — 0-1 — URS-ch sf Tartu
1950 — Benderev, Yurij vs Bobekov, Radko — 0-1 — Sofia BUL
1951 — Udovcic, Mijo vs Trifunovic, Petar — 1/2-1/2 — Sarajevo BIH
1951 — Barden, Leonard vs Abiolla James — 0-1 — Oxford?
1952 — Gereben, Erno vs Vajda, Arpad — 1-0 — Hungary ch
4…d5 — 8.2% (559 parties)
1951 — Alice, Millena Miguelina de Souza vs Rellstab, Ludwig — 1/2-1/2 — Reggio Emilia ITA
1953 — Bisguier, Arthur B vs Rellstab, Ludwig — 1-0 — Vienna AUT
1954 — Golombek, Harry vs Castaldi, Vincenzo — 1/2-1/2 — Munich GER
1954 — Zagoriansky, Evgeny vs Cherepkov, Alexander V — 1/2-1/2 — Riga LAT
1956 — Benkner, Otto vs Sapre, Ramchandra — 0-1 — Moskou olm
4…b6 — 7.6% (517 parties)
1954 — Forintos, Gyozo V vs Bak, Istvan — 0-1 — Hungary ch
1957 — Mannsfeld, Peter vs Pakulla, Rudolf — 0-1 — Soemmerda
1957 — Popov, Luben vs Gerenski, Hristo — 0-1 — Sofia BUL
1959 — Galle, Wolfgang vs Hantke, Rolf — 1/2-1/2 — Lippstadt GER
1959 — Nielsen, Hartvig vs Hamann, Svend — 1-0 — Aarhus DEN
4…a6 — 1.4% (92 parties)
1974 — Knezevic, Milorad vs Peev, Peicho — 1-0 — Stary Smokovec SVK
1977 — Izdebski, Romuald vs Sarwinski, Miroslaw — 0-1 — Piotrkow Trybunalski
1981 — Timoscenko, Gennadij vs Gurgenidze, Bukhuti — 1/2-1/2 — Volgodonsk
1981 — Nooyen, Jos vs Rietra, Peter — 1-0 — Dieren NED
1981 — Ribli, Zoltan vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir — 1/2-1/2 — Linares ESP