Opening Report

Database: 2000 (2,061,634 games)
Report: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Be5 (3 games)
ECO: E35 [Nimzo-Indian: Classical, Noa, Exchange, 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5]
Generated by Scid 3.1, 2007.03.05

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games      3       2       0       1    66.6%

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

 Since 1996.01.01      2       1       0       1    50.0%
 Since 1998.01.01      2       1       0       1    50.0%
 Since 2000.01.01      1       0       0       1     0.0%
 Since 2001.01.01      1       0       0       1     0.0%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(60) Nicoara 2160 -- Sanz Alonso 2410, Elgoibar ESP 1993 [1]
2: 1-0(26) Hammond 2212 -- Rendle 2119, Hastings ENG 1999.12.30 [2]
3: 0-1(22) Kirschbaum 2204 -- Roeder 2393, Port Erin IOM 2005.09.27 [3]

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(22) Kirschbaum 2204 -- Roeder 2393, Port Erin IOM 2005.09.27 [3]
2: 1-0(26) Hammond 2212 -- Rendle 2119, Hastings ENG 1999.12.30 [2]
3: 1-0(60) Nicoara 2160 -- Sanz Alonso 2410, Elgoibar ESP 1993 [1]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   ---     ---     ---     ---     ---   488824  612509
Frequency in all years: once every 687211 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 443138 games (up 55% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 317365 games (up 117% 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%  2212  Hammond, Andrew JC [2]
  2:   1       2005   0%  2204  Kirschbaum, Gunnar [3]
  3:   1       1993 100%  2160  Nicoara, Malina [1]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   1       1993   0%  2410  Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier [1]
  2:   1       2005 100%  2393  Roeder, Mathias [3]
  3:   1       1999   0%  2119  Rendle, Thomas [2]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2192 (3 games); White performance: 2432 (67% vs 2307)
Black rating: 2307 (3 games); Black performance: 2067 (33% vs 2192)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(22) Kirschbaum 2204 -- Roeder 2393, Port Erin IOM 2005 [3]
2: 1-0(60) Nicoara 2160 -- Sanz Alonso 2410, Elgoibar ESP 1993 [1]
3: 1-0(26) Hammond 2212 -- Rendle 2119, Hastings ENG 1999 [2]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    66.6%     43      0     22   66.6%    0.0%   33.3% 
 All games       54.4%     40     36     41   37.1%   34.6%   28.2%

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(26) Hammond 2212 -- Rendle 2119, Hastings ENG 1999 [2]
2: 1-0(60) Nicoara 2160 -- Sanz Alonso 2410, Elgoibar ESP 1993 [1]

3.3 Shortest Black wins

1: 0-1(22) Kirschbaum 2204 -- Roeder 2393, Port Erin IOM 2005 [3]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Be5 (2)
2: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Be5 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: O-O                3:100.0%   66.6%              1999
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TOTAL:                 3:100.0%   66.6%              1999

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 17: 
   Same-side castling:              0%    Isolated Queen Pawn:            67%
   Opposite castling:              67%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:    100%
   Both Kings uncastled:            0%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     33%
   Kingside pawn storm:             0%    Open c/d/e file:                67%
   Queens exchanged:                0%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  67%

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%     0%    33%     0%     0%     0%    33%    33%
 All games        2%    10%     9%    26%     2%     4%     4%    43%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Be5: +2 =0 -1 (2/3: 67%)
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1 Be5
OO 		e3
Qa5 		Bd3
Nc6 		Bxe4
Nxe5 		Bxd5
Bg4 		Nf3
Bxf3 		Bxf3
Nxf3+ 		gxf3
Rac81 		1: 100%
2 ...
... 		OOO
Bxc3 		Bxc3
Nxf2 		e3
Nxd1 		Qxd1
Bf5 		h4
g4 		Qd4
f6 		Qf4
Qd72 		1: 100%
3 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Nf3
Nxd1 		Qxd1
Nc6 		Nd4
Qe7 		e4
Qxe4 		Bd3
Qe3+3 		1: 0%
  1. 18.h4 Rxc5 1-0(60) Nicoara 2160 -- Sanz Alonso 2410, Elgoibar ESP 1993.

  2. 18.Ne2 Nc6 1-0(26) Hammond 2212 -- Rendle 2119, Hastings ENG 1999.

  3. 18.Kb1 Bg4 0-1(22) Kirschbaum 2204 -- Roeder 2393, Port Erin IOM 2005.