Opening report

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4



A13, 4.e4
19 games in 'TWIC bas'



1. History


Earliest game:











(1) Miton,K (2383) - Ilfeld,E (2185) [D31]
World Open Warm Up Philadelphia USA (2), 26.06.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.0-0 Ba6 10.b3 0-0 11.Ne4 h6 12.Be3 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Rc1 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 a5 16.Ng3 Nb6 17.Qe4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Re8 19.Qg4 Kh7 20.Qh5 Kg8 21.Rfe1 Bf8 22.Qh3 Ra7 23.Re4 Ne7 24.Nh5 Ng6 25.Rg4 Nd7 26.Be3 Rc7 27.Nh4 c5 28.Nxg6 fxg6 29.Rxg6 cxd4 30.Qg3 Nxe5 31.Qxe5 dxe3 32.Qxc7 exf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Qd3+ 35.Kg1 Qxg6 36.Nf4 Qf6 37.Rf1 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 Bc5 39.Nxe6 Rxe6 40.Qf7+ Kh7 41.Qxe6 Qd3 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.Rxf5 Bb6 44.Rb5 Bd8 45.Kg1 Kg6 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Kf3 Bc7 48.h3 Ke6 49.Ke4 g6 50.Rb7 Kd6 51.Ra7 Kc6 52.Ra6+ Bb6 53.Ra8 1-0



, World Open Warm Up 1999
Latest grandmaster game:











(2) Gurevich,M (2643) - Khenkin,I (2633) [D31]
Rubinstein Mem Polanica Zdroj POL (7), 23.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Bxd1 Ne4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Na5 15.Rb1 Ke7 16.Rb5 Nxc4 17.Be2 a6 18.Rb4 Na5 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Ra7 22.Kd2 Rd8+ 23.Kc2 Rd7 24.Re1 Rc7 25.f4 Rxc5 26.Bxe6 Bxe6 27.Rbe4 Rc6 28.f5 Ra8 29.Rxe6+ Rxe6 30.Rxe6+ Kd7 31.Kd3 Rc8 32.Kd4 Rc6 33.Re3 Rd6+ 34.Kc5 Rc6+ 35.Kb4 Rb6+ 36.Kc4 Rc6+ 37.Kb4 Rb6+ 38.Kc4 Rc6+ 39.Kd3 Rd6+ 40.Kc2 Kc6 41.Kb3 Rd5 42.Rg3 Rb5+ 43.Kc4 1/2-1/2



, Rubinstein Mem 1999
Latest game:











(3) Erdos,V (2383) - Jakab,A (2406) [D31]
FSGM March Budapest HUN (8), 09.03.2002



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 h6 10.Qe2 a6 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.Ne4 N8d7 13.Bd2 Nd5 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qc7 18.Bb1 Be7 19.Rd4 Kd7 20.Be4 g5 21.a4 Rcg8 22.Qd3 Ke8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd2 g4 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Ne1 Bc8 27.Nd3 Be6 28.Ra1 Kd7 29.Bxh6 Ra8 30.Re1 Rh7 31.Bf4 Rah8 32.b4 Qa7 33.Nc1 Qa4 34.Ne2 Kc7 35.Qd3 Rh5 36.Nc3 Qa8 37.Qd2 Rh4 38.Bg3 R4h5 39.Qb2 Bh4 40.Ra1 Qb7 41.Bf4 Bg5 42.Bg3 Bh4 43.Ne2 Bxg3 44.Nxg3 Rxh2 45.Qa3 R2h6 46.Qa5+ Kd7 47.Qa7 Kc8 48.Rd3 Rd8 49.Rda3 Qxa7 50.Rxa7 f6 51.Re7 1-0



, FSGM March Budapest HUN 2002


Games played in years (19)



2. Players

a) Strong grandmasters who used this line as White:
Ju Hodgson
Result=2/2 1999 Elo-Ø: 2605 games: 2
Nguyen Anh Dung Result=1/1 1999 Elo-Ø: 2484 games: 1
M Bosboom Result=0.5/1 1999 Elo-Ø: 2476 games: 1
M Gurevich Result=0.5/1 1999 Elo-Ø: 2643 games: 1
A Vaisser Result=0/1 1999 Elo-Ø: 2564 games: 1

b) Other notable players:
K Miton Result=2/2 1999 Elo-Ø: 2383 games: 2


3. Statistics

White scores well (74%).
White performs Elo 2502 against an opposition of Elo 2318 (+184).
Black performs Elo 2202 against an opposition of Elo 2386 (-184).
White wins: 13 (=68%), Draws: 2 (=11%), Black wins: 4 (=21%)
The drawing quote is very low. (0% quick draws, < 20 Moves)

White wins are shorter than average (33).
Black wins are shorter than average (36).
Draws are long (53).
4. Moves and Plans
a) 4...dxe4
11 games, 1999
Black scores badly (27%).
Elo-Ø: 2329, 10 games. Performance = Elo 2199
played by: Khenkin, 2633, 0.5/1; Goloshchapov, 2519, 0.5/1; Lukacs, 2475, 0/1; Walter, 2305, 1/1; Dearing, 2295, 0/1

You should play: 5.Nxe4 Click for games

(4) Gurevich,M (2643) - Khenkin,I (2633) [D31]
Rubinstein Mem Polanica Zdroj POL (7), 23.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Bxd1 Ne4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Na5 15.Rb1 Ke7 16.Rb5 Nxc4 17.Be2 a6 18.Rb4 Na5 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Ra7 22.Kd2 Rd8+ 23.Kc2 Rd7 24.Re1 Rc7 25.f4 Rxc5 26.Bxe6 Bxe6 27.Rbe4 Rc6 28.f5 Ra8 29.Rxe6+ Rxe6 30.Rxe6+ Kd7 31.Kd3 Rc8 32.Kd4 Rc6 33.Re3 Rd6+ 34.Kc5 Rc6+ 35.Kb4 Rb6+ 36.Kc4 Rc6+ 37.Kb4 Rb6+ 38.Kc4 Rc6+ 39.Kd3 Rd6+ 40.Kc2 Kc6 41.Kb3 Rd5 42.Rg3 Rb5+ 43.Kc4 1/2-1/2



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(5) Nguyen Anh Dung (2484) - Lukacs,P (2475) [D31]
FSGM August Budapest HUN (3), 09.08.1999



1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.0-0-0 Ng6 12.h4 e5 13.f3 Qf4 14.h5 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Nf4 16.Bxe5 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Be6 18.h6 f6 19.hxg7 Rf7 20.Bc3 Bxc4 21.Ng3 Bxa2 22.Nf5 Nc5 23.Rd6 1-0



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(6) Hodgson,J (2605) - Haslinger,S (2267) [D31]
86th ch-British Scarborough ENG (1), 01.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 f6 10.Qd8+ Kf7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bc3 Bb7 13.Qd7+ Ne7 14.Qxb7 Nc5 15.Qc7 Rhc8 16.Qg3 Nf5 17.Ng5+ fxg5 18.Qxg5 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Kg8 20.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 21.Kg1 Nd4 22.Re1 e5 23.h3 Re8 24.Kh2 Qxc4 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Rd8 27.Rd1 c5 28.Qc7 Qd5 29.Qxa7 Qe5+ 30.Kh1 Qf5 31.Qc7 Re8 32.Bxd4 cxd4 33.Qc4+ Qe6 34.Rxd4 Qxc4 35.Rxc4 Re2 36.Rb4 Re6 37.g3 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ke7 39.Rh4 h6 40.Kf3 Kd6 41.Re4 Rf6+ 42.Rf4 Re6 43.Rf7 g5 44.Rf5 Kc6 45.a4 1-0



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(7) Bosboom,M (2476) - Goloshchapov,A (2519) [D31]
VAM Open Hoogeveen NED (5), 19.10.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 c5 9.Bxc5 Qxg2 10.Bf3 Qg5 11.Ba3 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Ne7 13.Ne2 Nbc6 14.Rg1 Bd7 15.Qb3 Nf5 16.Rd1 0-0-0 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Be4 Ncd4 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.c5 b5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Ne4 Bc6 23.Nd6+ Nxd6 24.cxd6 Rhg8 25.f4 Kd7 26.Bb4 Bd5 27.Rc1 Bc6 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Kf2 g6 30.a3 Bd5 31.Rgc1 Rc4 32.Rxc4 bxc4 33.h4 f6 34.Ke3 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Rg1 h6 37.Rg3 Ke6 38.Rh3 Rg7 39.Rg3 Kf5 40.Bc3 Rh7 41.Rg1 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Rf1+ Ke6 44.Rf8 Bc6 45.Rg8 Rh3+ 46.Kf2 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Rg3 48.Rg6+ Kf5 49.Rg7 Rd3 50.Rf7+ Kg6 51.Re7 e4 52.Re6+ Kh5 53.Bd2 Kh4 54.Rh6+ Kg4 55.Rg6 Rd5 56.Rg7 Kh5 57.Ke1 g4 58.Ke2 Rd3 59.Be3 Kh4 60.Kf2 Kh5 61.Rg5+ Kh4 62.Rg8 g3+ 63.Rxg3 Rxd6 64.Rg7 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2



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(8) Llanos,G (2437) - Varela,G (2283) [D31]
Najdorf mem Open Buenos Aires ARG (4), 24.09.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bf6 Rg6 12.Bc3 Qxg2 13.Qd2 Qg5 14.Qxg5 Rxg5 15.Nf3 Rg8 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Ne4 Nf5 19.0-0-0 Ke7 20.h3 Rg6 21.Rhe1 b6 22.Bh5 Rg8 23.Bg4 Nh6 24.Bf3 Nf5 25.b5 c5 26.Nxc5 Rb8 27.Nxd7 Bxd7 28.Bb4+ Ke8 29.Kb2 h6 30.Rd2 f6 31.Bh5+ Kd8 32.Bf7 1-0



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(9) Stephenson,N (2212) - Dearing,E (2295) [D31]
86th ch-British Scarborough ENG (7), 07.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Ne2 Na6 9.Bf8 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Qd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Bc3 Nc6 14.a3 e5 15.f4 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Ng3 f5 18.Bd3 Rf8 19.0-0 Be6 20.Rae1 Kd7 21.Re5 Rf6 22.Nxf5 Raf8 23.Ng7 Bg8 24.Rfe1 Nc7 25.Rxc5 Rxf4 26.Nf5 Ne6 27.Rd5+ Kc7 28.Nh6 R4f6 29.Nxg8 Rxg8 30.Bxh7 Rg7 31.Rde5 Kd6 32.Bf5 Nf4 33.g3 Rg5 34.c5+ Kc7 35.Bh7 Nh3+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+ 37.Kh1 d3 38.gxf4 d2 39.fxg5 1-0





Main line:

5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 83%, 2549 6 games

Critical line:
5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 79 % White. Click for games

Plans White:
..(Bf8-b4)/Bc1-d2/ ..(Qd8xd4)/Bd2xb4/Bf1-e2/ ..(Nb8-a6)/Bb4-c3 (3) Click for games
..(Qd8xd4)/Bd2xb4/Bf1-e2/Bb4-a5/Ng1-f3 (2) Click for games
..(Bf8-b4)/Bc1-d2/ ..(Qd8xd4)/Bd2xb4/Bb4-a5 (2) Click for games
Ng1-f3/Nf3-d2 (2) Click for games

Plans Black:
Bf8-b4/Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/Nb8-a6 (7) Click for games
Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/Ng8-e7/Ne7-g6/Qe4-f4 (2) Click for games
Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/Ng8-e7/Rh8-g8 (2) Click for games
Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/Bc8-d7/f7-f6 (2) Click for games
Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/Qe4xg2/Qg2-g5 (2) Click for games
Qd8xd4/Qd4xe4/c6-c5 (2) Click for games


b) 4...Bb4
6 games, 1999-2002, Ø=2000
Black scores badly (33%).
Elo-Ø: 2299, 4 games. Performance = Elo 2308
played by: Rahman, 2461, 0/1; Fressinet, 2440, 1/1; Knecht, 2177, 0/1; Beaton, 2120, 1/1

You should play: 5.e5











(10) Hodgson,J (2605) - Rahman,Z (2461) [D31]
86th ch-British Scarborough ENG (9), 10.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 c5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Qd4 Ng6 11.b5 Nd7 12.Ba3 Ndxe5 13.Nd2 b6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.g3 Be6 16.Bg2 0-0-0 17.0-0 Nc4 18.Rfd1 Nge5 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Qxg7 h5 21.Bc1 Rdg8 22.Qd4 Kb7 23.Bf4 Qc5 24.Qxc5 bxc5 25.Ra6 Nb6 26.Be3 Bd7 27.c4 Be6 28.Bxc5 Nxc4 29.Rxa7+ 1-0



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(11) Vaisser,A (2564) - Fressinet,L (2440) [D31]
ch-FRA Prelim Gp B Bescanon FRA (6), 21.08.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 b6 10.c5 bxc5 11.dxc5 Nbc6 12.Bd3 Ba6 13.0-0 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 h6 15.Re1 0-0 16.h4 Qa5 17.Bf4 Rab8 18.h5 Rb2 19.Nh4 Qxc5 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Rac1 Rc2 22.Be3 d4 23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Qf4 Rxc1 25.Ng6+ fxg6 26.Qxf8+ Ng8 0-1



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(12) Bereolos,P - Knecht,M (2177) [D31]
World Open Philadelphia USA (1), 27.06.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 Qd7 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Ba6 8.cxd5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 cxd5 10.0-0 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nc6 12.Nd2 Na5 13.Qg3 g6 14.Ba3 Rc8 15.Nb3 Nc4 16.Bc1 h6 17.h4 h5 18.a4 a5 19.Bg5 Ne7 20.Rfb1 Nf5 21.Qd3 Qc6 22.g3 Kd7 23.Kh2 Rb8 24.f3 Qc7 25.Kh3 Rbc8 26.Ra2 Ke8 27.Nd2 Nxd2 28.Bxd2 Kd7 29.Qb5+ Qc6 30.Qxb6 Rb8 31.Qxc6+ Kxc6 32.Rab2 Kc7 33.Bg5 Rxb2 34.Rxb2 Rb8 35.Rxb8 Kxb8 36.g4 Ng7 37.Bd8 Kb7 38.Bxa5 Ka6 39.Bd8 Ne8 40.Kg3 Ng7 41.Kf4 1-0



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(13) Johnson,E - Weser,A [D31]
US Amateur Team East Parsipanny USA (4), 17.02.2002



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 b6 9.Bd3 h6 10.g4 Ba6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Rg1 c5 13.Rg3 f6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.g5 hxg5 16.Bxg5 Rf7 17.Bxa6 Nf5 18.Be2 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qe4 20.Be3 Nc6 21.Ng5 Qh1+ 22.Kd2 Qxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd7 24.Nxe6 Rd6 25.Bc4 Ne5 26.Ba2 Kh8 27.Rh1+ Kg8 28.Nc7+ Kf8 29.Rh8+ Ke7 30.Rxa8 1-0
c) 4...Nf6
2 games, 1999-2002, Ø=2001
Black scores miserably (0%).
Elo-Ø: 2295, 2 games. Performance = Elo 1583
played by: Jakab, 2406, 0/1; Ilfeld, 2185, 0/1

You should play: 5.e5











(14) Erdos,V (2383) - Jakab,A (2406) [D31]
FSGM March Budapest HUN (8), 09.03.2002



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 h6 10.Qe2 a6 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.Ne4 N8d7 13.Bd2 Nd5 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qc7 18.Bb1 Be7 19.Rd4 Kd7 20.Be4 g5 21.a4 Rcg8 22.Qd3 Ke8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd2 g4 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Ne1 Bc8 27.Nd3 Be6 28.Ra1 Kd7 29.Bxh6 Ra8 30.Re1 Rh7 31.Bf4 Rah8 32.b4 Qa7 33.Nc1 Qa4 34.Ne2 Kc7 35.Qd3 Rh5 36.Nc3 Qa8 37.Qd2 Rh4 38.Bg3 R4h5 39.Qb2 Bh4 40.Ra1 Qb7 41.Bf4 Bg5 42.Bg3 Bh4 43.Ne2 Bxg3 44.Nxg3 Rxh2 45.Qa3 R2h6 46.Qa5+ Kd7 47.Qa7 Kc8 48.Rd3 Rd8 49.Rda3 Qxa7 50.Rxa7 f6 51.Re7 1-0



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(15) Miton,K (2383) - Ilfeld,E (2185) [D31]
World Open Warm Up Philadelphia USA (2), 26.06.1999



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.0-0 Ba6 10.b3 0-0 11.Ne4 h6 12.Be3 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Rc1 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 a5 16.Ng3 Nb6 17.Qe4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Re8 19.Qg4 Kh7 20.Qh5 Kg8 21.Rfe1 Bf8 22.Qh3 Ra7 23.Re4 Ne7 24.Nh5 Ng6 25.Rg4 Nd7 26.Be3 Rc7 27.Nh4 c5 28.Nxg6 fxg6 29.Rxg6 cxd4 30.Qg3 Nxe5 31.Qxe5 dxe3 32.Qxc7 exf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Qd3+ 35.Kg1 Qxg6 36.Nf4 Qf6 37.Rf1 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 Bc5 39.Nxe6 Rxe6 40.Qf7+ Kh7 41.Qxe6 Qd3 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.Rxf5 Bb6 44.Rb5 Bd8 45.Kg1 Kg6 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Kf3 Bc7 48.h3 Ke6 49.Ke4 g6 50.Rb7 Kd6 51.Ra7 Kc6 52.Ra6+ Bb6 53.Ra8 1-0
5. Opening keys

Key: 4.e4 ---

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