Opening Report

Database: all (3,702,090 games)
Report: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (13 games)
ECO: D34u [QGD Tarrasch: 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8]
Generated by Scid 3.1, 2006.04.22

BR :: BQ BR :: BK ::
:: BP :: BB BB BP BP
:: :: BN BP
BP :: BP :: ::
BN WN :: ::
:: WQ WN WB WP
WP WP :: WP WP WB WP
WR :: WR :: WK

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games     13       3       9       1    57.6%

 Both rated 2600+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2500+      1       0       1       0    50.0%
 Both rated 2400+      4       1       3       0    62.5%
 Both rated 2300+      7       1       6       0    57.1%

 Since 1996.01.01      6       1       5       0    58.3%
 Since 1998.01.01      6       1       5       0    58.3%
 Since 2000.01.01      6       1       5       0    58.3%
 Since 2001.01.01      6       1       5       0    58.3%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: =-=(16) Juhnke 2325 -- Bastian 2375, GER 1983 [1]
2: =-=(52) Rieke -- Marian 2310, GER 1984 [3]
3: 1-0(34) Piket 2380 -- Van Oortmerssen, Netherlands tt 1985 [6]
4: =-=(72) Cvitan 2520 -- Todorovic 2425, Yugoslavia 1988 [7]
5: 1-0(23) Paunovic 2455 -- Poulenard, Montpellier FRA 1989 [4]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(59) Sargissian 2600 -- Pashikian 2366, Erevan ARM 2003.09.23 [10]
2: =-=(25) Shulman 2566 -- Akobian 2514, Los Angeles, CA USA 2002.11.29 [12]
3: =-=(27) Krupenski 2252 -- Leito 2347, Kilingi Nomme 2002.08.14 [5]
4: =-=(19) Sulyok 2167 -- Dittmar 2349, Oberwart AUT 2002.07.09 [8]
5: =-=(41) Iljin 2364 -- Kirusha 2337, St Petersburg RUS 2002 [9]

1.4 Current popularity

Year               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games --- --- --- --- 87393 889397 173818
Frequency in all years: once every 284776 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 292982 games (down 2% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 112089 games (up 154% 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       2001 100%  2605  Kaidanov, Gregory S [2]
  2:   1       2003  50%  2600  Sargissian, Gabriel [10]
  3:   1       2002  50%  2566  Shulman, Yuri [12]
  4:   1       1988  50%  2520  Cvitan, Ognjen [7]
  5:   1       1991  50%  2500  Vukic, Milan [11]
  6:   1       1989 100%  2455  Paunovic, Dragan [4]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   2  2001-2002  25%  2514  Akobian, Varuzhan [2,12]
  2:   1       1988  50%  2425  Todorovic, Goran M [7]
  3:   1       1991  50%  2405  Lendwai, Reinhard [11]
  4:   1       1983  50%  2375  Bastian, Herbert [1]
  5:   1       2003  50%  2366  Pashikian, Arman [10]
  6:   1       2002  50%  2349  Dittmar, Peter [8]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2430 (11 games); White performance: 2424 (55% vs 2388)
Black rating: 2388 (10 games); Black performance: 2328 (36% vs 2430)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(25) Shulman 2566 -- Akobian 2514, Los Angeles, CA USA 2002 [12]
2: 1-0(40) Kaidanov 2605 -- Akobian 2449, Las Vegas, NV USA 2001 [2]
3: =-=(59) Sargissian 2600 -- Pashikian 2366, Erevan ARM 2003 [10]
4: =-=(72) Cvitan 2520 -- Todorovic 2425, Yugoslavia 1988 [7]
5: =-=(43) Vukic 2500 -- Lendwai 2405, Vienna AUT 1991 [11]
6: 1-0(23) Paunovic 2455 -- Poulenard, Montpellier FRA 1989 [4]
7: =-=(41) Iljin 2364 -- Kirusha 2337, St Petersburg RUS 2002 [9]
8: =-=(16) Juhnke 2325 -- Bastian 2375, GER 1983 [1]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    57.6%     32     39     30   23.0%   69.2%    7.6% 
 All games       54.1%     38     36     39   39.6%   29.0%   31.3% 

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(23) Paunovic 2455 -- Poulenard, Montpellier FRA 1989 [4]
2: 1-0(34) Piket 2380 -- Van Oortmerssen, Netherlands tt 1985 [6]
3: 1-0(40) Kaidanov 2605 -- Akobian 2449, Las Vegas, NV USA 2001 [2]

3.3 Shortest Black wins

1: 0-1(30) Peters -- Bee, GER 1991 [1]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 10 move orders reaching this position. The top 8 are:
1: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (3)
2: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (2)
3: 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)
4: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)
5: 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)
6: 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)
7: 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)
8: 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: Nxd5               8: 61.5%   56.2%              1997
 2: a4                 5: 38.4%   60.0%              1990
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TOTAL:                13:100.0%   57.6%  2430  2444  1994

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 22:
   Same-side castling:             92%    Isolated Queen Pawn:            23%
   Opposite castling:               0%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:      0%
   Both Kings uncastled:            0%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     23%
   Kingside pawn storm:             0%    Open c/d/e file:               100%
   Queens exchanged:               62%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  62%

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     0%     8%    23%    38%     0%     0%     0%    31%
 All games        3%     9%     9%    25%     2%     4%     4%    44%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5: +3 =9 -1 (7.5/13: 58%)
1516171819202122
1 a4
Bc51
Nxd5
Nfxd5
Bxd5
Nxd5
Qxd5
Qe7
Rd3
Bxd4
Rxd4
Bc6
Qd6
Qxd6
Rxd6
Re42
3: 50%
2 ...
Bg4
Nc2
Rc83
Nxb4
Bxb4
Nxd5
Nxd5
Bxd5
Qe7
Qd3
Rcd8
Qc4
h5
Qb5
Qf64
2: 75%
3 Nxd5
Nfxd55
Bxd5
Nxd5
Qxd5
Bf6
Rd26
Bxd4
Rxd4
Bc6
Qxd8
Raxd8
Rxd8
Rxd8
f3
f67
3: 67%
4 ...
...
...
...
...
Ba4
Nb3
Qxd5
Rxd5
Bb48
Nd4
Rec8
Rc1
Rxc1+
Bxc1
Be89
2: 50%
5 ...
...
...
...
...
...
Qxd8
Raxd810
b3
Bd7
Rd3
Bf6
Rad1
Bg4
Kf1
Rd511
2: 50%
6 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kg2
a4
Rd3
Bf6
Rc1
Bg412
1: 50%
  1. 15...Bc6 16.Nc2 =-= Juhnke 2325 -- Bastian 2375, GER 1983.
    15...Bf8 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Nc2 Be6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.h3 Bc5 21.Be3 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Qd6 23.Rf1 Qxg3 0-1(30) Peters -- Bee, GER 1991.

  2. 23.b3 Rae8 1-0(40) Kaidanov 2605 -- Akobian 2449, Las Vegas, NV USA 2001.

  3. 16...Nxc2 17.Qxc2 Be6 18.Bd4 Qc7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Qb1 Qb8 21.e3 Red8 22.Qd3 Rc6 23.Nb5 Rxc1 =-=(52) Rieke -- Marian 2310, GER 1984.

  4. 23.Bg5 1-0 Paunovic 2455 -- Poulenard, Montpellier FRA 1989.

  5. 15...Nbxd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Ba4 18.Qxd8 Rexd8 19.Rd3 Bf6 20.Rc1 Rd5 21.b3 Be8 22.a4 Rad8 23.Rcd1 Bxd4 =-=(27) Krupenski 2252 -- Leito 2347, Kilingi Nomme 2002.

  6. 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qa7 Qe7 20.Rd2 a4 21.Rad1 Rec8 22.Bf4 Ra8 23.Qb7 Qe8 1-0(34) Piket 2380 -- Van Oortmerssen, Netherlands tt 1985.

  7. 23.Kf2 Kf7 =-=(72) Cvitan 2520 -- Todorovic 2425, Yugoslavia 1988.

  8. 19...Bf6 =-= Sulyok 2167 -- Dittmar 2349, Oberwart AUT 2002.

  9. 23.Bf4 a4 =-=(41) Iljin 2364 -- Kirusha 2337, St Petersburg RUS 2002.

  10. 18...Rexd8 19.Rd3 Bf6 20.Rc1 Rd5 21.b3 Be8 22.Rcd1 a4 23.f3 axb3 =-=(59) Sargissian 2600 -- Pashikian 2366, Erevan ARM 2003.

  11. 23.Ke1 a4 =-=(43) Vukic 2500 -- Lendwai 2405, Vienna AUT 1991.

  12. 23.Rcd1 axb3 =-=(25) Shulman 2566 -- Akobian 2514, Los Angeles, CA USA 2002.