E16h — Queen’s Indian: Capablanca, Nimzowitsch Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plan principal. Attaque sur le roi adverse resté au centre.

Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur les cases fortes f4, e5 et g5, un fou actif en d2 et la paire de fous.

Côté adverse. Le roi resté au centre.

En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b1 et les tours a1 et h1).

Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; Nc3 (Développer Nb1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Plan principal. Attaque sur le roi adverse resté au centre.

Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur la case forte e4, des fous actifs en b4 et b7 et la paire de fous.

Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en g2 et le roi resté au centre.

En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8 et les tours a8 et h8).

Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...Nc6 (Développer Nb8) ; ...c5 (Rupture) ; ...d6 (Rupture) ; ...d5 (Rupture).

Avantages

Faiblesses adverses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● f2→g3, h2→g3	● a7→b6, c7→b6, d7→e6, f7→e6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	—	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● f4 (2v0), ● e5 (2v0), ● g5 (2v0)	● e4 (2v0)
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	● d4 (1v0), ● e5 (2v0)	● d5 (3v1), ● e4 (2v0)

Colonnes et diagonales

♔ Blancs

♚ Noirs

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bd2	● Bd2 Actif (mob. 7)
Bg2	● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2)
Bb4		● Bb4 Actif (mob. 6)
Bb7		● Bb7 Actif (mob. 6)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Clouages	● bishop d2	—
Non développées	3 (● b1, ● a1, ● h1)	3 (● b8, ● 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	semi-ouvert
Ruptures	● c4-c5, ● d4-d5, ● e2-e3	● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5

Partie
1921 Carrasco – Round 11 – Villegas, Benito – 1-0 – Illa, Rolando – G30 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5
1926 USA sim – Round ? – Johnson, AV. – 1-0 – Lasker, Emanuel – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7
1928 Berlin Cafe Koenig – Round 10 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – 1-0 – Kostic, Boris – G46 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 e5
1928 It BSG Berlin GER – Round 10 – Tartakower, Savielly – 1/2-1/2 – Schlage, Willi – G43 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5
1928 Mar del Plata – Round 1 – De Souza Mendes, Joao – 1-0 – Altieri Perea, Vito Antonio – G5 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5
1928 The Hague ol – Round 14 – Steiner, Herman – 1-0 – Kroone, Gerard – G8 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Bxf4 10. gxf4 d5
1928 The Hague ol (Men) – Round 16 – Tholfsen, Erling – 1-0 – Andersen, Erik – G96 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Qe7
1928 Trebitsch mem12 – Round 5 – Von Doery, Ladislaus – 1/2-1/2 – Kmoch, Hans – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 d6 10. Qc2 c5
1929 Budapest – Round 1 – Monticelli, Mario – 1/2-1/2 – Thomas, George Alan – G35 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5
1929 Budapest HUN – Round 1 – Przepiorka, Dawid – 0-1 – Monticelli, Mario – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 e5
1929 Karlsbad – Round 1 – Vidmar Milan – 0-1 – Johner, Paul – G74 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Rc1 O-O
1929 Ramsgate schev – Round 4 – Thomas, George Alan – 1/2-1/2 – Capablanca, Jose – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rc1 c5 10. a3 Bxc3
1929 Ramsgate schev – Round 5 – Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene – 1-0 – Thomas, George Alan – G26 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 bxc5 10. a3 Ba5
1929 Rogaska Slatina - Round 11 - Gruenfeld, Ernst - 1/2-1/2 - Takacs, Sandor - G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5
1930 Frankfurt – Round 11 – Przepiorka, Dawid – 0-1 – Kashdan, Isaac – G60 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2
1931 New York – Round 11 – Kupchik, Abraham – 1-0 – Fox, Maurice – G69 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b4 O-O
1932 Budapest – Round 1 – Lilienthal, Andor – 1-0 – Lovas, Gyula – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5
1932 Trebitsch mem15 – Round 8 – Gruenfeld, Ernst – 1-0 – Kmoch, Hans – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5
1933 Folkestone Olympiad 5th – Round 6.28 – Abramavicius, Leonhard – 1/2-1/2 – Berndtsson, Karl – G55 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 1/2-1/2
1933 Hastings3334 – Round 3 – Tylor, Theodore Henry – 1-0 – Thomas, George Alan – G14 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 e5
1933 Memorial Giuseppe Padulli – Round ? – Monticelli, Mario – 1/2-1/2 – Campolongo Alberto – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5
1934 Sopron – Round ? – Szabo, Laszlo – 1-0 – Thomas Andrew – G11 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc1 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Nc6
1934 Sopron – Round 1 – Szabo, Ladislav – 1-0 – Bellod Thomas, Gonzalo – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc1 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Nc6
1934 Zuerich – Round 1 – Naegeli, Oskar – 0-1 – Lasker, Emanuel – G62 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4
1935 Buenos Aires – Round 11 – da Silva Rocha, Adhemar – 1-0 – Hounie Fleurquin, Carlos – G82 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 bxc5 10. a3 Ba5
1935 Copenhagen – Round 1 – Dithmer, A. – 0-1 – Andersen, Erik – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne4
1935 Margate – Round 9 – Capablanca, Jose – 1-0 – Thomas, George Alan – G43 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qa4+ c6 10. e4 O-O
1935 Warsaw ol – Round ? – Salo, Tapio – 1/2-1/2 – Rethy, Pal – G43 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3
1936 Olympiad (unofficial) – Round 9 – Halic Ivan – 1-0 – Gilg, Karl – G72 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4
1937 Teplitz-Schoenau – Round 6 – Eberl Velasquez, Yohan Yamel – 0-1 – Gilg, Karl – G20 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nh4 Bxg2
1941 GER Ch 8th – Round 15 – Lachmann, Hans G – 1-0 – Nuernberg, Friedrich – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Be7
1945 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Romanovsky, Pjotr – 0-1 – Chekhover, Vitaly – G133 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rfe1 c5
1945 Novi Sad – Round 21 – Puc, Stojan – 1/2-1/2 – Kulzinski, Nikolai – G193 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 O-O
1948 GER Ch – Round 14 – Teschner, Rudolf – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G34 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc1 Qd8 9. c5 bxc5 10. a3 Ba5
1959 Kragujevac ch14-YUG – Round 1 – Milic, Bozidar – 1/2-1/2 – Smederevac, Petar – G44 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rfe1 e5
1961 CSR Ch – Round 19 – Trmal, Jaroslav – 1/2-1/2 – Acosta Fabian, Janna Paloma – G175 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Nbd7
1962 Moscow – Round 1 – Lilienthal, Andor – 1/2-1/2 – Yudovich, Mikhail Jr – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3
1963 Sao Paulo – Round 3 – Schweber, Samuel – 1/2-1/2 – Rossetto, Hector – G5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5
1964 Pecs – Round 14 – Flesch, János – 1-0 – Kozma, Julius – G83 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5
1964 Pecs – Round 15 – Paoli, Enrico – 1/2-1/2 – Szilagyi, Peter – G93 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Be7
1965 Asztalos Memorial 8th – Round 14 – Lengyel, Levente – 1-0 – Florian, Tibor – G87 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 cxd4
Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 9 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Granda Zuniga, Julio E – G199 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 Rc8

E16h — Capablanca Nimzowitsch Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7

Eval: [+0.51]

Les coups candidats

7.O-O — 90.6% (2000 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Horvath, Sandor (12x), Epishin, Vladimir (11x), Thomas, George Alan (10x), Kurpnieks, Vairis (10x), Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A. (8x), Gruenfeld, Ernst (7x), Chekhover, Vitaly (7x), Rimkus, Bronius I (7x)

7.Nc3 — 5.2% (114 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Gilg, Karl (2x), Alvarez Gonzalez, Eduardo (2x), Drewitt, John Arthur James (1x), Watts, William Henry (1x), Reinhardt, Enrique (1x), Kruijer, Cornelius (1x), Monticelli, Mario (1x), Campolongo Alberto (1x)

7.a3 — 4.0% (89 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Johnson, AV. (1x), Lasker, Emanuel (1x), Berger, Juergen, Dr. (1x), Goltzsch, Walter (1x), Maalouf, Carlos (1x), Halen, Hans Ove (1x), Hotari, Juha (1x), Rimpineva, Hannu (1x)

7.Bxb4 — 0.1% (2 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Klausen, Knud (1x), Fesche, Svein Tore (1x), Trifunovic, Miroljub (1x), Tonic, Milos (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	7.O-O	7.Nc3	7.a3	7.Bxb4
<1800	51	76%	4%	20%	—
1800-2200	806	89%	5%	6%	0%
2200-2600	902	95%	5%	0%	—
2600+	17	100%	—	—	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	7.O-O	7.Nc3	7.a3	7.Bxb4
1920s	28	93%	4%	4%	—
1930s	93	94%	6%	—	—
1940s	24	96%	4%	—	—
1950s	18	83%	11%	6%	—
1960s	23	96%	—	4%	—
1970s	45	98%	—	—	2%
1980s	136	93%	6%	1%	—
1990s	327	92%	5%	3%	—
2000s	571	89%	6%	4%	—
2010s	807	89%	5%	6%	0%
2020s	135	91%	5%	4%	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
7.O-O	89%	91%	▲ +1.6%
7.Nc3	5%	5%	+0.5%
7.a3	6%	4%	▼ -1.9%
7.Bxb4	0%	0%	-0.1%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Euwe, Max — 2 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 2 parties
Lasker, Emanuel — 2 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 1 partie
Karpov, Aleksandr — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie

Parties historiques

7.O-O — 90.6% (2000 parties)

1921 — Villegas, Benito vs Illa, Rolando — 1-0 — Carrasco
1926 — Thomas, George Alan vs Fallet Kahn, Victor — 1-0 — Scarborough/ North Yorkshire
1927 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Panchenko, Nil — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1927 — Cheron, Andre vs Renaud, Georges — 1-0 — Chamonix
1927 — Atkins Durand, Lucas vs Stoltz, De Raven — 1-0 — London ENG

7.Nc3 — 5.2% (114 parties)

1928 — Drewitt, John Arthur James vs Watts, William Henry — 0-1 — Tenby
1931 — May, Desider vs Berger, Vladimir — 0-1 — ?
1933 — Monticelli, Mario vs Campolongo Alberto — 1/2-1/2 — Milan ITA
1935 — Dithmer, A. vs Andersen, Erik — 0-1 — Copenhagen DEN
1936 — Halic Ivan vs Gilg, Karl — 1-0 — Munich GER

7.a3 — 4.0% (89 parties)

1926 — Johnson, AV. vs Lasker, Emanuel — 1-0 — USA
1959 — Maalouf, Carlos vs Halen, Hans Ove — 1/2-1/2 — Muenchenstein/Basel
1966 — Berger, Juergen, Dr. vs Goltzsch, Walter — 0-1 — Erfurt GER
1982 — Hotari, Juha vs Rimpineva, Hannu — 0-1 — ?
1985 — Ganza, Klement vs Marek, Ivan — 1/2-1/2 — ?

7.Bxb4 — 0.1% (2 parties)

1976 — Klausen, Knud vs Fesche, Svein Tore — 0-1 — Kuortane
2014 — Trifunovic, Miroljub vs Tonic, Milos — 1/2-1/2 — Leskovac