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1 Felbecker Gambit Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games) Report: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 (30 games) ECO: A40i [Englund Gambit: 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, rzblkzns opopzpop 0ZnZ0Z0Z Z0a0O0Z0 0Z0Z0Z0Z Z0Z0ZNZ0 POPZPOPO SNAQJBZR 0.1 Statistics and History Statistics Games 1:0 1 2 : 1 2 0:1 Score All report games % Oldest games 1: 1:0(11) Alekhine Lovewell, New York : 0:1(46) Haugen Andreassen, : 0:1(33) Michael Ralf Felbecker Hans, : 0:1(16) Polito Angelo Ervetti Giorgio, : 0:1(45) Hansen Pape, : 1:0(15) Franke Belleau A, : 0:1(59) Wren Gregory S Carson Phillip, : 1:0(12) Caspar Tilman Offer Martin, Newest games 1: 1:0(24) Soondarsingh 1829 Mein, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS : 1:0(54) Barron 2071 Tolulope, Dresden (Germany) : 1:0(32) Mantovanelli Rothhaar Udo, : 1:0(28) Hoang 2042 Zelei, : 1:0(26) Carvalho Mauro Drexhage Ulrich, : 1:0(35) Mikhalevski 2523 Corbblah Jonathan, : 1:0(30) De Ruiter Lambregts, : 1:0(34) Richard Cilurzo Gian Paolo,

2 0.1.4 Current popularity Year Once every X games Frequency in all years: once every games In the 10 years to today: once every games (down 6% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every games (down 54% from all years) In the 1 year to today: once every games (up 46% from all years) Most frequent players (White) 1: % 2523 Mikhalevski, Victor 19 2: % 2347 Gladyszev, Oleg 21 3: % 2071 Barron, Irina 13 4: % 2042 Hoang, Tri 10 5: % 1829 Soondarsingh, A 3 6: % Alekhine, Alexander Most frequent players (Black) 1: % Behr Robert D 15 2: % Drexhage Ulrich 18,20 3: % Lovewell 4 4: % Felbecker Hans 5 5: % Andreassen, Einar 8 6: % Leisebein Peter Ratings and Performance Average ratings and performance White rating: 2162 (5 games); White performance: 0 (0% vs 0) Black rating: 0 (0 games); Black performance: 1163 (0% vs 2162) Games with highest average rating 1: 0:1(46) Haugen Andreassen, : 0:1(45) Hansen Pape, : 1:0(19) Gladyszev 2347 Andrieu, : 1:0(28) Hoang 2042 Zelei, : 1:0(54) Barron 2071 Tolulope, Dresden (Germany) : 1:0(11) Alekhine Lovewell, New York : 1:0(35) Mikhalevski 2523 Corbblah Jonathan, : 1:0(32) Mantovanelli Rothhaar Udo,

3 0.3 Result Trends Result lengths and frequencies Score Game length Frequency 1 1:0 : 1 1 0:1 1:0 : 1 0: Report games 60.0% % 6.6% 36.6% All games 53.9% % 30.5% 30.7% Shortest wins (White) 1: 1:0(11) Alekhine Lovewell, New York : 1:0(12) Caspar Tilman Offer Martin, : 1:0(15) Franke Belleau A, : 1:0(19) Gladyszev 2347 Andrieu, : 1:0(22) Robles Ivan Villagaray W, Shortest wins (Black) 1: 0:1(11) Mkpadi Chukwuma Behr Robert D, : 0:1(11) Chukwuma Mkapadi Behr Robert D, : 0:1(11) Mkapadi Chukwuma Behr Robert D, : 0:1(14) Skordilis Spyridon EmanouIidis, : 0:1(16) Polito Angelo Ervetti Giorgio, Moves and Themes Move orders reaching the report position There were 2 move orders reaching this position: 1: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 (27) 2: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 (3) Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws 1 Nc3 11: 36.6% 59.0% % 2 Bg5 7: 23.3% 57.1% % 3 Bf4 5: 16.6% 50.0% % 4 e4 4: 13.3% 50.0% % 5 e3 2: 6.6% 100.0% % 6 g3 1: 3.3% 100.0% % Total 30:100.0% 60.0% % Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

4 Same-side castling: 23% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 0% Opposite castling: 13% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 17% Kingside pawn storm: 27% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100% Queens exchanged: 50% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 13% Only one side has Bishop pair: 7% Open c/d/e file: 40% Endgames Material at the end of each game: p BN R R BN Q Q BN QR QR BN Report games 0% 7% 7% 20% 3% 3% 7% 53% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5 0.5 Theory Table 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5: +17 =2 11 (18/30: 60%) e4 1 Bc4 Qd5 Nc3 Qd1 Bb3 Nd5 Bf4 7: 71% a6 2 h6 Qe7 Nb4 b5 Nc6 Qd8 Bb Bf4 e3 5 Nxe5 Be2 Nxc6 OO Nd2 c3 5: 50% f6 4 fxe5 6 Nf6 OO bxc6 d6 Bd7 Qe7 7 3 Bg5 exf6 e3 8 Bxf6 c3 Nbd2 Ne4 Qd5+ 3: 33% f6 Nxf6 h6 9 Qxf6 a6 OO Qe7 Kh e3 11 c3 b4 Nbd2 Bxe7 Nc4 a4 4: 75% Nge7 OO 12 a6 Bb6 Qe8 Qxe7 Ba7 b Nc3 Na4 c3 b4 cxb4 Bd2 Bxb4 e3 4: 25% Nge7 14 Bb4+ Ba5 Nxb4 Bxb4+ c5 cxb4 OO e4 16 Nxe5 Kxf2 Bf4 Bg3 Kg1 Qd2 4: 63% f6 fxe5 17 Bxf2+ Nxe5 Ng6 Qf6+ d6 N8e exf6 Bg5 19 Bxf6 Kxf2 e3 Be2 h3 3: 100%... Nxf6 OO Bxf2+ 20 Qxf6 d6 Ne5 Be e3 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.a3 Nf6 7.Nc3 OO 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.OO Ne5 11.Be2 Bg6 12.Nb5 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Ne4 14.Nxd6 Nxd6 15.Bd2 a5 1:0 Franke Belleau A, 1993; 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.OO dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be2 e4 9.Rd1+ Bd6 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.Bxg4 Nxc2 12.Na3 Nxa1 13.Bd2 h5 14.Bf5 Bxa3 15.bxa3 Nc2 16.Bxe4 Nxa3 17.Bb4+ Ke8 18.Bxa3 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Bxb7 Nf6 21.h3 Nd7 1:0(34) Richard Cilurzo Gian Paolo, g3 Nh6 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Bg2 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.OO Bb4 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Re1 OOO 12.c3 Bd6 13.e4 Bg4 14.Nc4 Bxg3 15.Qe2 Be5 16.Rcd1 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Rg8 18.Ncxe5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nxe5 20.Qh3+ Kb8 21.Qxh6 f6 1:0(60) Fernandez Giner Asier Irazola Mendikute Luciano, f6 5.Bc4 Qe7 6.OO fxe5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Nd5 Qd6 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Qxd6 Bxd6 12.Bxf6 1:0 Caspar Tilman Offer Martin, d6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.Ng5 Bxd1 7.Kxd1 Nh6 8.Re1 dxe5+ 9.Bd2 Bxf2 10.Rf1 Be3 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.Re1 Bxd2 13.Nfxd2 OO 14.Nc3 Na5 15.Bd3 Nf2+ 16.Kc1 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 Qxd3 18.h4 Rad8 19.h5 Qxd2+ 20.Kb1 Qxe1+ 21.Kc2 Qxa1 0:1(24) Joo Tatiana Guerrero Rolando, Qe7 5.Bc4 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 Qxe5 7.Qd5 Qxd5 8.exd5 Nf6 9.OO OO 10.Bf4 d6 11.Nd2 Bf5 12.c3 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.a4 Kf8 15.Kf1 Ng4 16.Bg3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.b4 Bb6 19.f3 Rad8 20.Ne4 a5 21.Rad1 Bd7 0:1(54) Perez Huerta Alberto Llaneza Juan Alberto, c3 Ba5 13.OO Bb7 14.Nd4 Nge7 15.Qg4 Nxd5 16.Qxg7 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Ke7 18.exd5 Qg8 19.Qf6+ Ke8 20.Bg3 Bb4 21.d6 cxd6 1:0(24) Soondarsingh 1829 Mein, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Nge7 5.e3 OO 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.Bd3 Nxf4 8.exf4 Re8 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Qh5 f6 1:0 Alekhine Lovewell, New York Nh6 5.Nc3 b6 6.e3 a5 7.Bc4 Nb4 8.a3 d5 9.exd6 cxd6 10.OO Bg4 11.axb4 Bxb4 12.Nb5 a4 13.Nxd6+ Ke7 14.Bg5+ f6 15.Bxf6+ gxf6 16.Ne4 Nf5 17.Qxd8+ Raxd8 18.c3 Ba5 19.Nd4 Nh4 20.Nc6+ Kf8 21.Nxd8 Nf5 1:0(30) Duncan Warren Seven Blake, exf6 Qxf6 6.Qc1 d6 7.Be3 Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.Bg5 Qf7 10.e4 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Bd3 Bb6 13.OO OO 14.b3 Ng4 15.Nc4 Qh5 16.Bf4 Nce5 17.Ncxe5 dxe5 18.Bg3 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nxh2 20.Bxh2 Bh3 21.Bc4+ Kh8 0:1(33) Michael Ralf Felbecker Hans, Qe7 6.exf6 Nxf6 7.c3 OO 8.Bc4+ Kh8 9.OO d6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nd4 Bg4 12.N2f3 Ne5 13.Be2 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 c6 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Qe2 Re8 20.b4 Qe4 21.Rfe1 Rh6 1 2 : 1 2 (49)

6 Mueller Martina Leisebein Peter, Qc2 Nd5 13.Bg3 Nxe3 14.Bc4+ Nxc4 15.Nxc4 d5 16.Ne5 Bf5 17.Qa4 Rf6 18.Rae1 Be4 19.Kh1 Re8 20.f3 Bf5 21.Bh4 Qd6 0:1(45) Hansen Pape, Nc3 Bb4 7.e4 Qe7 8.Bd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.OO Bxh3 14.gxh3 Qxf3 15.Qe3 Qxe3 16.fxe3 Ke7 17.Rab1 b6 18.Rf2 Rhf8 19.Rbf1 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Rf8 21.Rg2 g5 0:1(46) Haugen Andreassen, d6 7.Bc4 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.OO OOO 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.Bb5 h5 14.Nxf5 Qxf5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.h3 h4 17.Bh2 g4 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 g3 20.fxg3 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1 hxg3 0:1(59) Wren Gregory S Carson Phillip, Nxc5 d6 13.Nb3 Rf5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Nbd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Rf6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Be2 Raf8 19.Bf3 c6 20.Qc2 d5 21.OOO Rxf3 1:0(28) Hoang 2042 Zelei, e4 h6 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Bd2 Ngxe5 8.c4 Ng4 9.Bc3 Nxf2 10.Qe2 Nxh1 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.Bxh6 Qf6 13.Nbd2 Qxh6 14.Nb3 0:1 Skordilis Spyridon EmanouIidis, Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 Bb6 8.e3 a6 9.Bc4 d6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.OO Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nd5 Ba7 14.e4 Ne5 15.Bxe7 Qd7 16.Be2 Bb8 17.Bf6 Qe6 18.Ng5 Qd7 19.Bxg7 Qc6 20.Bxh5 Rg8 21.Nf6+ Kd8 1:0(22) Robles Ivan Villagaray W, h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 d5 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nd4 Qb6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Na4 Qa5+ 13.c3 OOO 14.Qb3 d5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Bxb5 Nf5 18.Ke2 Rhf8 19.f3 h5 20.Rad1 Nce7 21.Bd3 g4 1:0(44) Lava Mastroddi Fabio, axb5 axb5 13.Nb2 Nxe5 14.Qd5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 c6 16.Bd3 Qe5 17.Rc1 Bb8 18.Qf5 g6 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bf6 21.Bb1 Re8 1:0(54) Barron 2071 Tolulope, Dresden (Germany) Nh6 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.e3 d6 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.h3 Bf5 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Nf6+ Kd8 13.Nxd7 Kxd7 14.Bb5 Bb4+ 15.c3 Ba5 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Ne5+ Kc7 18.Nxf7 Rhf8 19.Qxd6+ Kb7 20.Ne5 Be4 21.f3 Bd5 1:0(30) De Ruiter Lambregts, :1 Mkpadi Chukwuma Behr Robert D, 1996; 0:1 Chukwuma Mkapadi Behr Robert D, 1996; 0:1 Mkapadi Chukwuma Behr Robert D, Bf4 g5 6.Bg3 g4 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Nd5 Bd6 9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.Ng1 Rf8 11.c3 Ne4 12.f3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qxh1 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Qd2 Qxg1 17.Qg5+ Kf7 18.OOO Qxg3 19.e3 b5 20.Nxb5 Ne5 21.Nxd6+ Ke6 1:0(32) Mantovanelli Rothhaar Udo, Na4 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.b4 b5 8.Nb2 fxe5 9.e4 a6 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Be4 Be6 15.Nd3 1 2 : 1 2 Schueppen Krug Rudi, d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.Qd5 Nge7 9.Qf7+ Kd7 10.Qxg7 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 c6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.OOO Rae8 15.Qxf6 Nc8 16.f4 0:1 Polito Angelo Ervetti Giorgio, Be2 OO 13.Rf1 Qe6 14.Rxf8+ Kxf8 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Qc3 Nc6 17.Qf3+ Ke7 18.Qh5 Nce5 19.Qxh7 Kf8 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Kf2 Qc6 1:0(27) Schumacher Drexhage Ulrich, e3 d5 7.Be2 Bg4 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.Bxg4 Nfxg4 10.h3 Qh4 11.g3 Qh6 12.Nf5 Nxf2 13.Qxd5 Qf6 14.OO c6 15.Qe6+ Qxe6 16.Nxg7+ Ke7 17.Nxe6 Nxh3+ 18.Kg2 Bd6 19.Nd4 Ng5 20.Nf5+ Ke6 21.e4 Rhg8 1:0(35) Mikhalevski 2523 Corbblah Jonathan, Qxf6 8.Qd5+ Qf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qg5 Bd7 11.OOO h6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.a3 a6 14.e3 b5 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Qxf2 17.Be2 Bf5 18.g4 Bg6 19.h4 Rae8 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Kh8 1:0(26) Carvalho Mauro Drexhage Ulrich, Qd2 Rae8 13.Kg1 Ng6 14.Kh2 Ne7 15.Rhf1 Qh6 16.e4 Rf4 17.Nd4 Ng6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Bc4 1:0 Gladyszev 2347 Andrieu, 2001.

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