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1 Carlson Gambit Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games) Report: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ne5 (32 games) ECO: C00x [French: 2.d4 d5] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, rmblkans opo0zpop 0Z0ZpZ0Z Z0Z0M0Z0 0Z0OpZ0Z Z0Z0Z0Z0 POPZ0OPO SNAQJBZR 0.1 Statistics and History Statistics Games 1:0 1 2 : 1 2 0:1 Score All report games % Oldest games 1: 0:1(24) Lange Funke, : 1:0(25) Simini E eta N, : 0:1(46) Waltner Herbert Fiedler, : 1:0(32) Meza Mario Figueroa Luis, : 0:1(50) Connell Patrick Pullicino Peter, : 1:0(12) De Jesus Jose Waldir S Paris Neemias N, : 1:0(24) Alcantara Clovis Nascimento Maximiliano Filho Jose, : 1 : 1 12 (53) Rosemberg Nicolas Guzman, Newest games 1: 1:0(36) Pillay Mongiello, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS : 0:1(43) Alain Alfred Marguerite Shrestha 2068, Dresden (Germany) : 0:1(24) Kaminski Vallance-Gallant, ICCF : 1:0(76) Zirek 1877 Fetcu 2176, ICCF : 1:0(37) Jacobs Doug 1700 Stripes James 1700, : 0:1(31) Vergara Ravanal Raul Andres 1200 Sarihan Sefa 1000, : 1:0(37) Alme Hank Garcia Arsenio, : 1 : 1 10 (59) Bernhaupt 2199 Lynge, ICCF

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 11% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every games (down 36% from all years) In the 1 year to today: once every games (up 37% from all years) Most frequent players (White) 1: % 2199 Bernhaupt, Erich Ing 10 2: % 1877 Zirek, Mehmet 2 3: % 1700 Jacobs Doug 4 4: % 1200 Vergara Ravanal Raul Andres 1 5: % Lange 19 6: % Simini E Most frequent players (Black) 1: % 2389 Verdier, Patrice 17 2: % 2176 Fetcu, Marius-Eugen 2 3: % 2068 Shrestha, Sujendra Prasad 3 4: % 1700 Stripes James 4 5: % 1685 Janzen, Christian 5 6: % 1000 Sarihan Sefa Ratings and Performance Average ratings and performance White rating: 1744 (4 games); White performance: 1711 (33% vs 1836) Black rating: 1836 (6 games); Black performance: 1657 (38% vs 1744) Games with highest average rating 1: 0:1(20) Aligeorgiu Verdier 2389, ICCF : 1 : 1 14 (47) Trani Rozzoni, : 1:0(76) Zirek 1877 Fetcu 2176, ICCF : 0:1(46) Waltner Herbert Fiedler, : 0:1(36) MacNair Adrian Eberl, : 1:0(37) Jacobs Doug 1700 Stripes James 1700, : 1 : 1 12 (53) Rosemberg Nicolas Guzman, : 0:1(31) Vergara Ravanal Raul Andres 1200 Sarihan Sefa 1000,

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 35.9% % 15.6% 56.2% All games 53.9% % 30.5% 30.7% Shortest wins (White) 1: 1:0(12) De Jesus Jose Waldir S Paris Neemias N, : 1:0(24) Alcantara Clovis Nascimento Maximiliano Filho Jose, : 1:0(25) Simini E eta N, : 1:0(32) Meza Mario Figueroa Luis, : 1:0(36) Pillay Mongiello, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Shortest wins (Black) 1: 0:1(13) Sundermann Tom Killer, : 0:1(13) Badenhorst Jack Gorissen Peter, : 0:1(15) Knuutila Pekka De Nuccio Stefano, : 0:1(15) Krahl Wolfgang Erbe Holger, : 0:1(20) Aligeorgiu Verdier 2389, ICCF Moves and Themes Move orders reaching the report position There were 4 move orders reaching this position: 1: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ne5 (21) 2: 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Ne5 (8) 3: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Ne5 (2) 4: 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Ne5 dxe4 4.d4 (1) Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws 1 Nf6 12: 37.5% 37.5% % 2 Nd7 10: 31.2% 20.0% % 3 Bd6 5: 15.6% 40.0% % 4 a6 1: 3.1% 100.0% % 5 Be7 1: 3.1% 0.0% % 6 f6 1: 3.1% 100.0% % 7 Nc6 1: 3.1% 0.0% % 8 Ne7 1: 3.1% 100.0% % Total 32:100.0% 35.9% % Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

4 Same-side castling: 22% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 3% Opposite castling: 16% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 6% Kingside pawn storm: 34% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 34% Queens exchanged: 59% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 100% Only one side has Bishop pair: 0% Open c/d/e file: 81% Endgames Material at the end of each game: p BN R R BN Q Q BN QR QR BN Report games 3% 13% 19% 19% 3% 3% 0% 41% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5 0.5 Theory Table 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ne5: +9 =5 18 (11.5/32: 36%) Ne5 Qh5 Qh4 Qxe4 Nd2 Qe3 dxc5 Qe2 5: 60% Ne7 1 g6 Bg7 OO f5 c5 Nd5 Qa Nc3 3 dxe5 Nxd1 Nc3 Nxe4 Bf4 Nc5 5: 40% Bd6 Bxe5 Qxd1+ Bd7 Nc6 Nxe5 f6 OOO Nxd7 5 Be2 OO Nc3 f3 Rxf3 dxe5 6: 8% Nd7 Qxd7 6 Ne7 Ng6 f5 exf3 e5 Nxe Nc3 Bg5 9 Qd2 Be2 Bxf6 a3 Nc4 4: 38%... Ngf6 8 Bb4 c6 h6 Nxf6 Qa5 Bxc Nc3 11 Be2 dxe5 Bxd1 Nb5 c3 b4 6: 50% Nf6 Nbd7 12 Nxe5 Qxd1+ Nd7 Bb4+ Ba5 Bb Bb5+ Be2 15 Nc3 Nxd7 Bd2 a3 axb4 3: 50%... c6 14 Nbd7 Bb4 Bxd7 c5 cxd4 dxc Bg5 c3 18 Bxf6 Qg4 Nxd7 Qxe4 Qg4 3: 0%... Be7 17 h6 Bxf6 Nd7 Bxd7 Bc6 OO Be7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nc4 Bb4 9.Qd2 c5 10.OOO cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Rxd4 f5 13.Nb5 Na6 14.Ncd6+ Ke7 15.Be2 Bc5 16.Rdd1 Bxf2 17.Bh5 Rf8 18.Rhf1 e3 19.Nc4 Bd7 20.Nbd6 Bc6 21.Bf3 Bxf3 0:1(46) Waltner Herbert Fiedler, Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qh5 g6 7.Qg4 Nxe5 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.Qxe4 c6 10.h4 Ngf6 11.Bg5 Bg7 12.Qf4 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.OO Nh5 15.Qg4 Qxd4 16.Qh3 Qxb2 17.Nd2 Qxc2 18.Rad1 Qxa2 19.Qf3 OO 20.Ne4 f5 21.Ng3 Nxg3 0:1(31) Vergara Ravanal Raul Andres 1200 Sarihan Sefa 1000, f6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qxh8 Ne7 8.Qxf6 Nd7 9.Qh8 Nf5 10.c3 Qf6 11.Qh7 g5 12.Qh5+ Kd8 13.Bxg5 Ng7 14.Bxf6+ Nxf6 15.Qf7 Nge8 16.Qxf8 Bd7 17.Qb4 b6 18.Nd2 Nd5 19.Qf8 e3 20.fxe3 Nxe3 21.Bd3 Nxg2+ 1:0(32) Meza Mario Figueroa Luis, a6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Ng4 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Nf6 13.Qd1 Qd5 14.Be5 Qd8 15.f3 Rg8 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Bd3 Nxc3 18.Qh5 Nd5 19.Bh7 Rf8 20.Bg7 Nf6 21.Qxh6 Nxh7 1:0(24) Alcantara Clovis Nascimento Maximiliano Filho Jose, Nd3 Na6 13.g3 Nxc5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.Bg2 a5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.c3 Qc6 19.OO Re8 20.Qf3 b6 21.Be3 Ba6 1:0(76) Zirek 1877 Fetcu 2176, ICCF f4 exf3 6.Nxf3 Nf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Qe2 OO 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Ne4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Bc3 Qd8 14.Ng5 h6 15.OOO Nd5 16.Nf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Ba3+ 18.Kb1 Qe7 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qa4 b5 21.Qf4 Bd6 0:1(43) Alain Alfred Marguerite Shrestha 2068, Dresden (Germany) Nc4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nxd6+ cxd6 8.Bc4 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Bg5 Nfg4 13.OO e3 14.fxe3 OO 15.Bh4 Nc4 16.Qd3 Ncxe3 17.Rf3 Rae8 18.Rf4 Re5 19.Re4 Qf5 20.Qxd6 Nxc2 21.Rc1 Qh5 0:1(25) Bertin Bottemanne Alexandra, Qg4 g6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Qh3 Nd7 8.Nxg6 Ndf6 9.Nxh8 Qe7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bh5+ Kd8 12.Nf7+ Kc8 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Bf7 Ne7 15.Bg5 Be8 16.Bxf6 Bxf7 17.Qxh7 Ng8 18.Qxf7 Nxf6 19.Qxf6 b6 20.OO Kb7 21.Qe5 Qe7 1:0(36) Pillay Mongiello, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Bf4 Bxe5 6.Bxe5 Nc6 7.f4 f6 8.Bc4 Nxe5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Nd2 Bxb5 11.fxe5 Qxd4 12.c3 Qe3+ 13.Qe2 Bxe2 14.Nf1 Bxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Qf4+ 16.Kg1 Qxe5 17.Kf2 Ne7 18.Rad1 e3+ 19.Ke2 OO 20.Rd3 Qe4 21.Rxe3 Qxg2+ 0:1(24) Kaminski Vallance-Gallant, ICCF OOO Ng6 13.Be3 N8e7 14.Bc4 Nf8 15.Nxd7 Rxd7 16.Bxa7 b6 17.Rxd7 Kxd7

6 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bb8 c6 20.a4 Nd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 1:0(37) Jacobs Doug 1700 Stripes James 1700, Bf4 Nxe5 6.Bxe5 f6 7.Bg3 Bd6 8.Nc3 f5 9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.OO OO 12.d5 Qe7 13.Qd2 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5+ Be6 16.Qd4 d5 17.Rfe1 b6 18.c4 Rad8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bc4 Qe6 21.b3 Bxc4 0:1(57) Rothkugel Werner Janzen 1685, 1999; 5...Ngf6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nxc6 Qb6 9.d5 Nxd5 10.OO Nxf4 11.Nd4 Qxd4 12.Nd2 Bc5 13.c3 Qd5 14.b4 e3 15.c4 Qxg2+ 0:1 Krahl Wolfgang Erbe Holger, Bb5 c6 6.Ba4 Nxe5 7.Bf4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Nd3+ 9.Ke2 Nxf4+ 10.Ke3 Nxg2+ 11.Ke2 e5 12.dxe5 Bg4+ 13.f3 Bxf3+ 0:1 Sundermann Tom Killer, Nc4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 OO 9.g3 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.OO Ba6 14.Rfe1 Rad8 15.b3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.bxc4 Rc8 1 2 : 1 2 (29) Clayton D Moore, Bxd7 6.Nc3 Bc6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Qg4 Qf6 9.OOO Nh6 10.Qg3 Bd6 11.Qh3 OO 12.Rg1 Nf5 13.f3 Nxe3 0:1 Badenhorst Jack Gorissen Peter, Rg3 Qxd1+ 13.Nxd1 Kf7 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Bh5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 c6 18.h3 Rhe8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Rd1 Kf6 0:1(46) Dullaert Coen Kaden Frank, Nxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Bf4 Bd7 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bxc7 Bc5 11.Ke1 Rc8 12.Bg3 e3 13.fxe3 Bxe3 14.Rd1 Bc6 15.Rd3 Bc1 16.Ne2 Bh6 17.Ra3 a6 18.Nd4 Be4 19.c4 Ke7 20.Nf3 Rcd8 21.Be2 Rd7 0:1(47) Hakuc Waclaw Martins Karin, Qe2 c5 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bc6 11.Qe5 Bd4 12.Qg3 OO 13.Bd3 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qe5+ 15.Be3 Bxb2 0:1 Knuutila Pekka De Nuccio Stefano, Be3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Rxd1 Nd7 9.Be2 Nxe5 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.OO OO 12.Rd2 b6 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.f3 c5 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Bg3 h6 17.h4 Nxh4 18.Rd7 Ng6 19.Rxb7 Bf6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rdd7 Ne5 1:0(37) Alme Hank Garcia Arsenio, Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Ke7 14.Ke3 Rd8 15.c4 h5 16.h4 Rb8 17.b4 Bd7 18.Nb3 b6 19.Nd2 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.b5 e5 1 2 : 1 2 (59) Bernhaupt 2199 Lynge, ICCF Bc4 Nbd7 6.Be3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Ng4 9.Nc3 Nxe3+ 10.fxe3 Bc5 11.Ke2 Bd7 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Rad1 OOO 14.Rhf1 Rhf8 15.a3 Bc6 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.Rd4 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Kf3 a6 21.g3 b5 1 : 1 (60) Valvidares Vigon Jose Manuel Crespo Arce, 1998; 5...c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bd7 10.OO Be7 11.Re1 Qa5 12.Bxf6 1:0 De Jesus Jose Waldir S Paris Neemias N, Be3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd2 Nd5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd5 12.Qd4 c5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.Be2 Ke6 16.OO Kxe5 17.f4+ Kd6 18.Rad1 Kc6 19.Rfe1 f5 20.Rb1 a6 21.Red1 h6 0:1(30) McShane Michael Kent, c3 Nbd7 6.Qa4 Be7 7.Nd2 OO 8.Qc2 c5 9.Nxe4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxe5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Bc3 Qf4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.Qe2 Rc5 20.OO Bc6 21.Rac1 Qg5 1:0(77) Elka Parviz Steinkellner, b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nxe4 b5 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nxb7 Qb6 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Nc5+ Ke7 16.OO Rhe8 17.c3 Rad8 18.Qd3 Qc7 19.Qxh7 Rh8 20.Qxh8 Rxh8 21.h3 Kf8 1 : 1 (53) Rosemberg Nicolas Guzman, Bf4 a6 13.Na3 c5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.exd6 f5 17.Bh5+ g6 18.Be2 h6 19.h4 e5 20.Bh2 f4 21.h5 g5 0:1(36) MacNair Adrian Eberl, Bd7 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.OO c5 8.Bf4 Qc7 9.Nxd7 Nbxd7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Qe2 OO 13.Nc3 Rac8 14.Bb3 Qe5 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.a3 Nc5 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 h6 20.Bc4 e3 21.f3 a6 1 : 1 (47) Trani Rozzoni, Ba4 Nbd7 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.OO e5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.c3 Nc5 14.Qd4 Qxd4 15.cxd4 Nxa4 16.Nd2 Rd8 17.f3 e3 18.Ne4 Nxb2 19.Rae1 Nc4 20.Kh1 Rxd4 21.Nc3 Nd5 0:1(31) Amodeo Mark Greco Carmelo, Bxc3 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.c3 e5 15.Qd5 Qc6 16.Bc4 Qxd5 17.Bxd5 Bc6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Ra6 Kd7 20.Kd2 Rhb8 21.Rha1 Kc7 1:0(25) Simini E eta N, Nbd7 6.Nd2 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qd5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.exf6 Bd7 10.Nb3 Qf5 11.Qd4 Rg8

7 12.OOO Bc6 13.h3 Bd6 14.Kb1 Rg6 15.Qc4 Qxf2 16.Na5 Bd5 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.c4 Bc6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Qb3 Rxf6 0:1 Aligeorgiu Verdier 2389, ICCF Nc3 Nbd7 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nxe4 Bc6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qg3 Qxd4 13.Bd3 Qxb2 14.OO OOO 15.Qe3 Qd4 16.Qe1 Qd5 17.f3 Qg5 18.Qf2 b6 19.a4 Qc5 20.Qxc5 bxc5 21.Bb5 Bxb5 0:1(50) Connell Patrick Pullicino Peter, Nd2 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.OOO Qf6 15.Nc4 Bf4+ 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Be2 b5 18.Na5 Be4+ 19.Ka1 Qe5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Bf3 Bf5 0:1(24) Lange Funke, 1988.

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