Opening report

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3

E71, 5.h3

285 games in 'megacor3'


1. History
Earliest game:
Schlieder,R - Konrad,E 0-1, CCOL4 prel1-06 1958
Latest grandmaster game:
Van Osmael,A - Blanco Gramajo,C ½-½, EM/OL14/G4/B1 2000
Latest game:
Caissa - Cetilak 0-1, ACL-E113 www.playchess.de 2003

Games played in years (285)


Fashion index - Distribution of games relative to database [%]


2. Players

a) Strong grandmasters who used this line as White:

Alex (BEL) Van Osmael
Result=6.5/8 1992-2001 Elo-Ø: 2500 games: 8
Wesley T. (USA) Brandhorst Result=1/1 2000 Elo-Ø: 2464 games: 1
Matej Vyparina Result=0.5/1 2000 Elo-Ø: 2468 games: 1
Maurizio (ITA) Sampieri Result=0.5/2 2000 Elo-Ø: 2514 games: 2
Milan (SVK) Nagy Result=0/1 2000 Elo-Ø: 2478 games: 1

b) Other notable players:

Walter Luehrig Result=6.5/8 2000-2002 Elo-Ø: 2050 games: 8
BerndS Result=4.5/6 2001-2002 games: 6
Karlheinz (GER) Weber Result=3.5/4 1999-2001 Elo-Ø: 2412 games: 4
Juergen (GER) Wimmer Result=3/3 1997-1998 Elo-Ø: 2200 games: 3
Bert Vercammen Result=3/3 1999 Elo-Ø: 1995 games: 3
Alan (USA) Shaw Result=2.5/4 1998 Elo-Ø: 2325 games: 4


3. Statistics

White scores averagely (55%).
White performs Elo 2098 against an opposition of Elo 2062 (+36).
Black performs Elo 2091 against an opposition of Elo 2127 (-36).
White wins: 119 (=42%), Draws: 72 (=25%), Black wins: 93 (=33%)
The drawing quote is low. (3% quick draws, < 20 Moves)

White wins are shorter than average (32).
Black wins are shorter than average (34).
Draws are shorter than average (34).


4. Moves and Plans

a) 5...0-0

248 games, 1961-2003, Ø=1996
Black scores averagely (46%).
Elo-Ø: 2073, 64 games. Performance = Elo 2119
played by: Lukanov, 2557, 1/1; Blanco Gramajo, 2495, 0.5/1; Borchers, 2480, 0/1; Christov, 2467, 1/1; Copie, 2465, 1/3

You should play:
6.Bg5 Click for games




Baklanov,V - Ljubicic,A 1-0; Salgado Allaria,C - Runting,T ½-½; Schulze,M - Lukanov,T 0-1; Salgado Allaria,C - Acedo,H 1-0; Neven,K - Esses,M 1-0; Weber,K - Monacell,J ½-½

Main line:

6...c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 77%, 2482
15 games
6...Na6 46%, 2227
23 games
6...Nbd7 77%, 1989
15 games

Critical line:
6...Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 a5 58 % White. Click for games


Plans White:
d4-d5/Bf1-d3/c4xd5/Ng1-f3 (13) Click for games
Ng1-f3/d4-d5/Nf3-d2/Bf1-e2/0-0 (3) Click for games
d4-d5/Bf1-d3/ ..(e6xd5)/e4xd5/Qd1-d2/Ng1-e2/a2-a4/0-0/g2-g4 (2) Click for games
Bf1-d3/d4-d5/Bd3-c2/a2-a3 (2) Click for games
d4-d5/Bg5-e3/Qd1-d2 (9) Click for games
d4-d5/ ..(e6xd5)/e4xd5/f2-f4 (11) Click for games

Plans Black:
c7-c5/e7-e6/e6xd5/Nb8-d7 (22) Click for games
Nb8-d7/e7-e5/h7-h6/Nd7-c5 (4) Click for games
c7-c5/b7-b5/a7-a6/Qd8-a5/Qa5-b4 (4) Click for games
e7-e6/e6xd5/Rf8-e8 (20) Click for games
Nb8-d7/a7-a6/Qd8-e8/Nf6-h5 (2) Click for games
Nb8-a6/e7-e5/Qd8-e8 (11) Click for games


Alternative: 6.Nf3

Martin,G - Siegl,E 1-0; Riemer,W - Copie,J ½-½; Braakhuis,W - Bourquin,P ½-½; Fedukin,A - Pedersen,N 0-1; Novak,J - Olano Aizpurua,J ½-½; Karelin,E - Deneuville,C ½-½


b) 5...Nbd7

14 games, 1974-2002, Ø=1992
Black scores well (54%).
Elo-Ø: 2034, 2 games. Performance = Elo 2152
played by: Binelli, 2200, 1/1; Feldmann, 1869, 1/1

You should play:
6.Be3

Hartwich,A - Feldmann,K 0-1; Roze,A - Neimanis,J 1-0; Dybal,R - Wantulok,J 1-0; Ruch,B - Vigneron,M 1-0; Vavrla,Z - Kostal,J ½-½; Lehmann - Wagner,( 0-1

Main line:

6...e5 7.d5 0-0 8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 46%, 2345
12 games



c) 5...Na6

5 games, 1995-2002, Ø=1999
Black scores below average (40%).
Elo-Ø: 2285, 2 games. Performance = Elo 2195
played by: Guizar, 2370, 0/1; Novacek, 2200, 0.5/1

You should play:
6.Be3

Luehrig,W - Lange,S 1-0; Johansson,M - Mozelius,P ½-½; Dermott,J - Grainger,R 0-1




d) 5...e5

3 games, 1958-1999, Ø=1977
Black scores excellently (100%).
Elo-Ø: 1636, 1 games. Performance = Elo 2436
played by: Jobe, 1636, 1/1

You should play:
6.d5

Berkley,S - Jobe,T 0-1; Diaconescu,P - Lapienis,D 0-1; Schlieder,R - Konrad,E 0-1




e) 5...Nc6

3 games, 1990-1992, Ø=1991
Black scores miserably (17%).


You should play:
6.d5

Muders,J - Duesterhoeft,A 1-0; Grzegorzewski,S - Wojciechowski,M ½-½




f) 5...c5

7 games, 1990-2002, Ø=1998
Black scores miserably (7%).
Elo-Ø: 1835, 3 games. Performance = Elo 1326
played by: Jabot, 2205, 0/1; Malmstrom, 2100, 0/1; Vetter, 1200, 0/1

You should play:
6.d5

Wimmer,J - Jabot,D 1-0; Luehrig,W - Malmstrom,J 1-0; Hartwich,A - Vetter,U 1-0; BerndS - PaulH2005 1-0; Wimmer,J - Endean,A 1-0; Pavlov,M - Leshin,S ½-½



5. Opening keys

Key: 5.h3 ---

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