Opening Report

Database: 2000 (2,061,634 games)
Report: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 cxd4 (13 games)
ECO: C07i [French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5]
Generated by Scid 3.1, 2007.03.04

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WP WP WP WN WP WP WP
WR WB WQ WK WB WN WR

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games     13      10       3       0    88.4%

 Both rated 2600+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2500+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2400+      1       1       0       0   100.0%
 Both rated 2300+      1       1       0       0   100.0%

 Since 1996.01.01      7       6       1       0    92.8%
 Since 1998.01.01      7       6       1       0    92.8%
 Since 2000.01.01      2       2       0       0   100.0%
 Since 2001.01.01      2       2       0       0   100.0%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(30) Foltys -- Opocensky, Prague CZE 1937 [8]
2: =-=(36) Fine -- Yanofsky, Canada 1940 [5]
3: 1-0(67) Jehle -- Janke, Jedesheim 1991 [6]
4: 1-0(63) Berelovich 2285 -- Gasthofer, Smolensk RUS 1992 [4]
5: 1-0(38) Foygel -- Xanthos, 43rd New Hampshire O 1993 [9]

1.3 Newest games

1: 1-0(48) Fernandez de Pablo 2209 -- Balado Saez 2264, Burgos ESP 2003.11.01 [1]
2: 1-0(48) Fernandez de Pablo 2209 -- Bolado Saez 2264, Burgos 2003.11.01 [1]
3: 1-0(21) Van Wieringen 2457 -- Oortwijn 2400, Russia 1999 [10]
4: 1-0(21) Wieringen -- Oortwijn, Rusakov Memorial 1999 [10]
5: 1-0(33) Maia 2165 -- Barros 2000, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999 [2]

1.4 Current popularity

Year               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Once every X games   ---    11035    ---     ---     ---   108627  306254
Frequency in all years: once every 158587 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 126614 games (up 25% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 158765 games (no change from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

  1:   1       1999 100%  2457  Van Wieringen, Cornelius A [10]
  2:   1       1992 100%  2285  Berelovich, Aleksandar [4]
  3:   1       2003 100%  2209  Fernandez de Pablo, Miguel Angel [1]
  4:   1       2003 100%  2209  Fernandez de Pablo, Miguel A [1]
  5:   1       1999 100%  2165  Maia, Marco Aurelio Ferre [2]
  6:   1       1998 100%  2140  Chojnacki, Krzysztof [7]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   1       1999   0%  2400  Oortwijn, Ron A [10]
  2:   1       2003   0%  2264  Bolado Saez, Sergio [1]
  3:   1       2003   0%  2264  Balado Saez, Sergio [1]
  4:   1       1999   0%  2000  Barros, Juvencio Antonio [2]
  5:   1       1937   0%        Opocensky, Karel [8]
  6:   1       1940  50%        Yanofsky, Daniel A [5]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2244 (6 games); White performance: 2982 (100% vs 2232)
Black rating: 2232 (4 games); Black performance: 1494 (0% vs 2244)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(36) Fine -- Yanofsky, Canada 1940 [5]
2: 1-0(30) Foltys -- Opocensky, Prague CZE 1937 [8]
3: 1-0(21) Van Wieringen 2457 -- Oortwijn 2400, Russia 1999 [10]
4: 1-0(38) Foygel -- Xanthos, 43rd New Hampshire O 1993 [9]
5: 1-0(63) Berelovich 2285 -- Gasthofer, Smolensk RUS 1992 [4]
6: 1-0(21) Wieringen -- Oortwijn, Rusakov Memorial 1999 [10]
7: =-=(14) Jianu -- Gruca, Herculane 1994 [3]
8: 1-0(48) Fernandez de Pablo 2209 -- Balado Saez 2264, Burgos ESP 2003 [1]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    88.4%     40     26      0   76.9%   23.0%    0.0% 
 All games       54.4%     40     36     41   37.1%   34.6%   28.2%

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(21) Van Wieringen 2457 -- Oortwijn 2400, Russia 1999 [10]
2: 1-0(21) Wieringen -- Oortwijn, Rusakov Memorial 1999 [10]
3: 1-0(30) Foltys -- Opocensky, Prague CZE 1937 [8]
4: 1-0(33) Maia 2165 -- Barros 2000, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999 [2]
5: 1-0(34) Chojnacki 2140 -- Innab, Malmo SWE 1998 [7]

3.3 Shortest Black wins

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There was only one move order reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 cxd4 (13)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: Bb5+               9: 69.2%   88.8%              1983
 2: dxe6               2: 15.3%   75.0%              1997
 3: Ngf3               2: 15.3%  100.0%              2003
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TOTAL:                13:100.0%   88.4%              1988

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 12: 
   Same-side castling:             46%    Isolated Queen Pawn:            38%
   Opposite castling:               0%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:      0%
   Both Kings uncastled:           31%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     54%
   Kingside pawn storm:             0%    Open c/d/e file:                69%
   Queens exchanged:               31%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  15%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
                   P     BN      R   R,BN      Q   Q,BN    Q,R Q,R,BN
 Report games     8%    15%    23%    38%     0%     0%     0%    15%
 All games        2%    10%     9%    26%     2%     4%     4%    43%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 cxd4: +10 =3 -0 (11.5/13: 88%)
56789101112
1 Ngf3
Qxd5 		Bc4
Qd8 		OO
Nc6 		Nb3
Nf6 		Nbxd4
Bd7 		b3
Be7 		Bb2
OO 		Qe2
Qa51 		2: 100%
2 dxe6
Bxe6 		Ngf3
Nc6 		Be22
g6 		OO
Bg7 		Re1
Nge7 		Nb3
Bxb3 		axb3
OO 		Bd3
Qc73 		2: 75%
3 Bb5+
Nc6 		Ngf3
Bd64 		OO
exd5 		Nxd4
Bd7 		N2f3
Nge7 		Be3
OO 		c3
Nxd4 		Nxd4
Nf55 		2: 75%
4 ...
Bd7 		dxe6
Qe7 		Bxd7+
Nxd7 		Ngf36
Qxe6+ 		Qe2
Qxe2+ 		Kxe2
Ngf6 		Nxd4
Bc5 		N2b3
OO7 		2: 100%
5 ...
... 		...
fxe6 		Bc48
Qa5 		Nf3
Nc6 		OO
e5 		Ng5
Nh6 		Ne6
Bxe6 		Bxe6
Nd89 		3: 83%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Nc6 		Ngf3
Nf6 		Qe2
Bd6 		Bxe6
Bxe6 		Qxe6+
Qe7 		Qxe7+
Bxe710 		2: 100%
  1. 13.a3 Rad8 1-0(48) Fernandez de Pablo 2209 -- Balado Saez 2264, Burgos ESP 2003; 1-0(48) Fernandez de Pablo 2209 -- Bolado Saez 2264, Burgos 2003.

  2. 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Qe2 Qd5 12.OO Nf6 13.Re1 Kf7 1-0(33) Maia 2165 -- Barros 2000, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999.

  3. 13.Bg5 h6 =-=(14) Jianu -- Gruca, Herculane 1994.

  4. 6...exd5 7.OO Bd6 8.Nb3 Ne7 9.Nbxd4 OO 10.Bd3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Qf6 1-0(63) Berelovich 2285 -- Gasthofer, Smolensk RUS 1992.

  5. 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 =-=(36) Fine -- Yanofsky, Canada 1940.

  6. 8.Qe2 Qxe6 9.Ngf3 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Ngf6 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Kf1+ Kd8 1-0(67) Jehle -- Janke, Jedesheim 1991.

  7. 13.Rd1 Rfe8+ 1-0(34) Chojnacki 2140 -- Innab, Malmo SWE 1998.

  8. 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Ngf3 Nc6 9.OO Bd6 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Qe2 OO 12.Nce5 Be8 13.Bf4 Nxe5 1-0(30) Foltys -- Opocensky, Prague CZE 1937.
    7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Bxb5 9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Ngf3 Nb4 12.Nc4 d3 13.cxd3 Nxd3+ =-=(28) Joseph -- Celestini, ICCF EM/C/B007 1998.

  9. 13.Bb3 Ndf7 1-0(38) Foygel -- Xanthos, 43rd New Hampshire O 1993.

  10. 13.OO OOO 1-0(21) Van Wieringen 2457 -- Oortwijn 2400, Russia 1999; 1-0(21) Wieringen -- Oortwijn, Rusakov Memorial 1999.