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1 Tal Gambit (2) Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games) Report: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5 (38 games) ECO: C43c [Russian Game: Modern Attack, Tal Gambit] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, rmblka0s opopzpop 0Z0Z0Z0Z ZBZ0O0Z0 0Z0onZ0Z Z0Z0ZNZ0 POPZ0OPO SNAQJ0ZR 0.1 Statistics and History Statistics Games 1:0 1 2 : 1 2 0:1 Score All report games % Oldest games 1: 1:0(20) Burger Robert Gross Henry, : 1:0(48) Tal Darga, Havana : 1:0(35) Vaskan Maslov, Riga : 1:0(13) Honfi Krogius, : 1:0(37) Jansa Pithart, Harrachov : 1:0(16) Zietkowski Jerzy Szyszka Jerzy, : 1 : 1 20 (26) Jansa Kholmov, Moscow : 1:0(24) Zalys Szwaronek, Montreal Newest games 1: 1:0(60) Krca 2108 Kanos 1990, Tatranske Zruby (Slovakia) : 1 : 1 27 (21) Neven 2306 Apresa Quintana 1690, ICCF : 1:0(31) Zezulkin 2455 Korosciel 2126, : 0:1(33) Rothman 1890 Cipka, ICCF WS : 1 : 1 16 (20) Kveinys 2565 Neiksans 2440, : 1:0(51) Guidarelli 2287 Le Roux 2329, : 1:0(26) Zapata 2530 Roose Alexander, : 0:1(34) Nordmark Nils Nilsson Mikael,

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 62% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every games (down 64% from all years) In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years) Most frequent players (White) 1: % 2450 Jansa, Vlastimil 20,22,27 2: % 2478 Zezulkin, Jurij 8,11 3: % 2565 Kveinys, Aloyzas 16 4: % 2530 Zapata, Alonso 3 5: % 2520 Shamkovich, Leonid 9 6: % 2454 Zapata A Most frequent players (Black) 1: % Hartoch, Robert G 24 2: % 2620 Smyslov, Vasily 9 3: % 2586 Rozentalis, Eduardas 11 4: % 2440 Neiksans, Arturs 16 5: % 2435 Kolarov, Atanas S 22 6: % 2359 Castro O Ratings and Performance Average ratings and performance White rating: 2361 (13 games); White performance: 2492 (77% vs 2281) Black rating: 2281 (11 games); Black performance: 2186 (27% vs 2361) Games with highest average rating 1: 1:0(48) Tal Darga, Havana : 1 : 1 9 (15) Shamkovich 2520 Smyslov 2620, Leningrad : 1 : 1 20 (26) Jansa Kholmov, Moscow : 1:0(22) Kosten Miralles, : 0:1(39) Zezulkin 2478 Rozentalis 2586, : 1:0(13) Honfi Krogius, : 1 : 1 16 (20) Kveinys 2565 Neiksans 2440, : 0:1(35) Kuijf Hartoch,

3 0.3 Result Trends Result lengths and frequencies Score Game length Frequency 1 1:0 : 1 1 0:1 1:0 : 1 0:1 Report games 69.7% % 13.1% 23.6% All games 53.9% % 30.5% 30.7% Shortest wins (White) 1: 1:0(13) Honfi Krogius, : 1:0(16) Zietkowski Jerzy Szyszka Jerzy, : 1:0(20) Burger Robert Gross Henry, : 1:0(21) Nunn 2375 Taruffi 2200, Ostend : 1:0(22) Kosten Miralles, Shortest wins (Black) 1: 0:1(17) Lacasa Diaz Rubio Tapia, : 0:1(20) Do O Roberto P De Carvalho Walfrido M, : 0:1(23) Voronkov Maslov, : 0:1(33) Rothman 1890 Cipka, ICCF WS : 0:1(34) Nordmark Nils Nilsson Mikael, Moves and Themes Move orders reaching the report position There were 2 move orders reaching this position: 1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5 (36) 2: 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5 (2) Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws 1 c6 18: 47.3% 69.4% % 2 Nc6 10: 26.3% 70.0% % 3 Bb4+ 5: 13.1% 60.0% % 4 a6 5: 13.1% 80.0% % Total 38:100.0% 69.7% % Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game: Same-side castling: 45% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 5% Opposite castling: 8% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 5% Kingside pawn storm: 21% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100% Queens exchanged: 84% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 100% Only one side has Bishop pair: 3% Open c/d/e file: 71%

4 0.4.4 Endgames Material at the end of each game: p BN R R BN Q Q BN QR QR BN Report games 3% 3% 8% 29% 0% 0% 0% 58% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5 0.5 Theory Table 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5: +24 =5 9 (26.5/38: 70%) Bb5 c3 1 OO Re1 Nxc3 Bf1 Bf4 Bg3 5: 60% Bb4+ dxc3 Be7 2 Nc5 3 c6 OO Nba6 Nc Qxd4 5 Qxe4 Nc3 Bf4 OO Rfe1 Ne2 5: 80% a6 axb5 6 Be7 7 c6 OO Na6 b4 Nc OO Bxc6 9 Re1 Bg5 10 Bxe7 Qxd4 Nc3 4: 38% Nc6 a6 dxc6 Nc5 Be7 Qxe7 OO Bf Re1 12 Nxd4 Qxd4 Nc3 14 Bf1 15 exd6 6: 92%... Be7 Nc5 13 Nxd4 OO c6 d5 Qxd Qxd4 exd6 Bd3 Be3 Bxf5 OO Re1 4: 75% c6 d5 17 Nxd6 Qe7+ 18 Nf5 Bxf5 Nd7 Be Bc4 Bb3 21 Qg4 Qf4 axb3 Qh6 4: 75%... Nc5 b5 20 Be7 g6 Nxb3 OO f c3 OO 24 gxh3 Qf4 25 Nd4 Kh1 5: 40%... Qa5+ Nxf3 Nh3+ Qxb5 Qd3 Qg6+ d Qxf2 a4 27 Be3 OO Na3 5: 90% Qxb5 Qd5 Be7 28 OO b Kf1 f5 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Be3 Bc5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Ke2 Ne5 14.Bd5 Nf6 15.Bb3 b6 16.f3 a5 17.a4 Ba6+ 18.Kd2 Bc4 19.Bc2 Nd5 20.b3 Ba6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Na3 Be7 0:1(33) Rothman 1890 Cipka, ICCF WS c6 8.Bd3 cxb2 9.Bxb2 Nc5 10.Bf5 Ne6 11.Nd4 Qb6 12.Nb3 Na6 13.N1d2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Nac7 15.Na5 Qa6 16.Bd3 b5 17.a4 Qb6 18.Rfd1 a6 19.Be4 OO 20.Ra3 b4 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Nc4 Qc5 1:0(29) Schuetz Junge, Nd2 8.bxc3 Nxf1 9.cxb4 Nxh2 10.Kxh2 h6 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Qe1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qh4+ 14.Kg1 Qxf4 15.e6 Kf8 16.exf7 Kxf7 17.Bc4+ Kf8 18.Qc3 Qf6 19.Nd2 b6 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.Qf3+ Ke7 22.Nd6 c6 1:0(24) Zalys Szwaronek, Montreal cxb2 9.Bxb2 Nc5 10.Nc3 OO 11.Nd5 a6 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Ne6 15.Qg4 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Bxe6+ dxe6 19.Rad1 Qf8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qc4 Qe7 22.Re3 c5 1:0(26) Zapata 2530 Roose Alexander, b4 N5e6 14.a3 f5 15.h3 a5 16.b5 Kh8 17.Qa4 Nc5 18.Qc4 N7e6 19.Rad1 a4 20.Nd2 Qa5 21.Ndb1 b6 22.Qa2 Nb3 0:1(52) Lodes Herich, Bd3 Nc5 7.Nxd4 b6 8.OO Nxd3 9.cxd3 Bb7 10.Bf4 Bc5 11.Nf5 g6 12.Nh6 Nc6 13.d4 Bxd4 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Re1 Na5 16.Qd3 Bxb2 17.Nd2 Bxa1 18.Rxa1 Nc6 19.Re1 OOO 20.Qh3 Nxe5 0:1 Do O Roberto P De Carvalho Walfrido M, Nc5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Qf4 Ne6 9.Bxe6 dxe6 10.OO Be7 11.Qg3 Kf8 12.Nc3 b6 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Nf4 h5 16.Nh3 Bc5 17.Bg5 Ne7 18.Nh4 Qa4 19.Nf4 Nd5 20.Nd3 Be7 21.Bxe7+ Nxe7 22.h3 Rg8 1:0(37) Kremenietsky Anatoly Vasiliev, 1990; 10...Bd7 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.a3 h6 13.c4 OOO 14.b4 f5 15.b5 g5 16.Qe3 f4 17.Qb3 Nb8 18.Nc3 g4 19.Ne1 f3 20.Nd3 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.Bb4 Qh7 1:0(30) Seeger Krauss, Ra4 8.Qe2 Rg4 9.OO b6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.e6 d6 12.Ne5 dxe5 13.Qxg4 OO 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.Bg5 Bxe6 16.Qxe6 Qxg5 17.Qd5 Qf5 18.Nxb5 Bc5 19.Qd2 Nc6 20.c3 Ne7 21.b4 1:0 Nunn 2375 Taruffi 2200, Ostend Qe3 Ne6 14.Bg3 Qc7 15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Red1 Ra5 17.Nf4 b6 18.Nd3 c5 19.Nf4 Qa7 20.Nd5 Bf8 21.Ng5 Re8 22.Ne4 Kh8 1:0(31) Zezulkin 2455 Korosciel 2126, Qe2 Nc5 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Rd1 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Be3 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 b5

6 14.Qf1 Ne6 15.Ne2 1 : 1 Shamkovich 2520 Smyslov 2620, Leningrad Ba4 Be7 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.Nc3 OO 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Qxc5 Be7 13.Qe3 d5 1:0 Honfi Krogius, Nxd4 Ne6 10.Nf5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 h5 12.Nc3 h4 13.g4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Bd7 15.g4 OOO 16.Ng3 Bc5 17.Kg2 Nd4 18.Bg5 Bxg4 19.Rd3 Rd7 20.Nce4 Bb6 21.Rc1 Rd5 22.Nd2 Rxe5 0:1(23) Voronkov Maslov, Re2 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Bg6 15.Rae1 Ne6 16.Qg4 c5 17.Ne4 Rd5 18.c3 Rad8 19.Ng3 Rd1 20.h4 h6 21.Kh2 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Qd7 0:1(39) Zezulkin 2478 Rozentalis 2586, Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nc5 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Be3 Be7 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Nd4 Na4 13.f4 c5 14.Ne2 Bg4 15.Ng3 f5 16.h3 Bh4 17.hxg4 Bxg3 18.Rf3 Bh4 19.g5 h6 20.g3 hxg5 21.fxg5 g6 22.Kg2 OOO 1:0(33) Richmond Turner John David, Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc5 9.Nc3 OO 10.Nd5 a6 11.Be2 d6 12.Be3 Ne6 13.Qe4 dxe5 14.Bd3 f5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qxe5 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Rxf6 18.Bc4 Kf8 19.Rad1 f4 20.Bd2 c5 21.Bc3 Rg6 22.Be5 b5 1:0(45) Van der Wiel Chaya, d5 8.exd6 Nxd6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nxd4 Nf5 11.Bg5 Qxd4 12.Rxe7+ Kf8 13.Re1 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nd6 15.Nc3 Bf5 16.Rd2 f6 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.f3 g5 19.Be3 a6 20.b3 Kf7 21.Ne2 Rhe8 22.Kf2 Re5 1:0(48) Tal Darga, Havana b4 c6 11.bxc5 cxb5 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nd5 b6 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Bb2 Bc5 16.Qg4 d6 17.e6 f6 18.Qg3 Qe8 19.e7 Rf7 20.Nc7 1:0 Burger Robert Gross Henry, Bc4 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qe3 Be6 14.Bf1 Bf6 15.b4 Bd4 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Ne4 Qxb4 18.Ba3 Qa5 19.Rad1 c5 20.Nd6 Nf6 21.Qg3 Ng4 22.Nxb7 Bxf2+ 1:0(40) Mukhametov Panzer, Be3 Be6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.Rad1 Be7 16.a3 a5 17.Bd4 Rfe8 18.h3 b5 19.Ne2 Bf8 20.Be3 1 : 1 Kveinys 2565 Neiksans 2440, cxb5 7.Qxe4 Nc6 8.OO b4 9.Bf4 Bc5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Qd5 Qb6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Nf6+ Bxf6 14.exf6 Bb7 15.Rfe1+ Kd8 16.Qxf7 1:0 Zietkowski Jerzy Szyszka Jerzy, Be6 9.OO Be7 10.Qxg7 Bf6 11.Qh6 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Bxf5 13.Re1+ Be6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nc3 Rg8 16.Ne4 Bxg5 17.Nfxg5 Rg6 18.Nd6+ Ke7 19.Nf5+ Kf6 20.Nxh7+ Kxf5 21.Qh3+ Rg4 22.Qd3+ 1:0 Rubinetti Melcon, Buenos Aires Nd7 9.OO Nf6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bh6 OO 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Bf4 Nf5 14.Qa4 Nd5 15.Nbd2 Rh8 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Ne4 Bd7 18.Bc1 Kg8 19.c4 Nb6 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.g3 Re8 22.Bf4 Qc8 0:1(34) Nordmark Nils Nilsson Mikael, Nc3 Qb4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rg8 16.Rad1 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 g5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Kf7 20.Re2 Nb6 21.Bg3 Bg7 22.Ne4 Bxb2 1:0(39) Meszaros 2271 Tichy 2321, Ne6 8.Qe4 Na6 9.OO Nac5 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nc3 d5 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Ne4 OO 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.Be3 b5 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.c4 Ba6 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.Rac1 b4 21.Qd2 Qb8 22.Nd4 Rd8 1 : 1 (26) Jansa Kholmov, Moscow d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Bf4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.OOO Nb6 13.Bb3 OO 14.Rhe1 Nxb3+ 15.axb3 Bb4 16.Re2 Bg4 17.f3 Bd7 18.Ne4 c5 19.Bd6 Rfc8 20.g4 a5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.gxf5 c4 1:0(51) Guidarelli 2287 Le Roux 2329, Be2 d5 9.exd6 Ne6 10.d7+ Nxd7 11.Qe4 Qb6 12.Bg5 Bd6 13.OO OO 14.Nc3 Nxg5 15.Nxg5 Nf6 16.Qh4 Bf5 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 h6 20.Nf3 Rad8 21.Nd4 1 : 1 Kawaciukova Orsagova, h4 Rf7 14.h5 Bf8 15.hxg6 Bxh6 16.gxf7+ Kxf7 17.Rxh6 fxe5 18.Nc3 d5 19.Bg5 Qg8 20.OOO Nd7 21.Rdh1 Nf8 22.Nxe5+ Ke8 1:0(32) Jansa 2450 Kolarov 2435, Luhacovice Qxb5 8.Qxe4 Na6 9.c4 Qb4+ 10.Nbd2 g6 11.OO Bg7 12.a3 Qe7 13.Qf4 Nc5 14.b4 Nd3 15.Qe3 Nxc1 16.Raxc1 OO 17.Ne4 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Qe6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Qg5+ Qg6 22.Nf6+ Kg7 1:0(35) Vaskan Maslov, Riga Bc4 Bc5 9.Qf4 d5 10.exd6 Be6 11.b4 Bxc4 12.Qe5+ Be6 13.Qxg7 Nd3+ 14.Kd2 Nxb4 15.Qxh8+ Kd7 16.Ba3 N8a6 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.Qc3 Be3+ 19.Ke1 Nd3+ 20.Ke2 Nf4+ 21.Kd1 Qa4+ 22.Qc2 Qa5 0:1(35) Kuijf Hartoch, 1986; 0:1(35) Kuijf Hartoch, Kg2 d5 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Na3 Qe2+ 13.Rf2

7 Qh5 14.e6 f6 15.Bf4 OO 16.Raf1 Na6 17.b4 fxg5 0:1 Lacasa Diaz Rubio Tapia, Nd2 Bxh3 14.Rg1 Qh6 15.Qg3 Qh5 16.N2f3 c5 17.Nb5 Na6 18.Bf4 Bf5 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.a4 Bc6 21.Rge1 Qg6 22.Nd6+ Kd7 1:0(43) Zapata A 2454 Castro O 2359, Be3 d5 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Rf1 Nd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qf7+ Kd8 14.Qxe6 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Nd2 Qe3+ 17.Kd1 Be7 18.Kc2 Re8 19.Rad1 Rc8 20.Rf7 Rc7 21.Rxg7 h5 22.Rf1 d4 1:0(37) Jansa Pithart, Harrachov Nbd2 Na6 10.Ne4 Nc5 11.Nxc5 Bxc5 12.Qg3 g6 13.b4 Be7 14.Bh6 a5 15.Bg7 Rg8 16.Bf6 Bxf6 17.exf6 Kd8 18.OOO Qc4 19.Ne5 Qxa0.Rd2 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa2+ 1 : 1 Neven 2306 Apresa Quintana 1690, ICCF d6 11.OO h6 12.Na3 dxe5 13.Rad1 Qb3 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Ncxe5 Be7 16.Nd4 Qd5 17.Ndxc6 Nxc6 18.Rxd5 Bxd5 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Bc5 Bf6 21.Qe2+ Be6 22.Qa6 1:0 Kosten Miralles, Rad1 Qe6 14.Nd4 Qxe5 15.Rde1 Bd6 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Qf2 Bd6 18.g3 Bc5 19.Bh6 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qd6 21.Nc4 Qg6 22.Ne5 Qxh6 1:0(29) Mueller Sisow, Nc2 c5 14.Bf4 Qe6 15.Ne3 Bb7 16.c4 Na6 17.Rad1 Nb4 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.b3 Rac8 20.h3 Qg6 21.Rf2 Rfe8 22.Nd5 h6 1:0(60) Krca 2108 Kanos 1990, Tatranske Zruby (Slovakia) 2009.

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