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1 Database: 3-XII-200 (4,399,53 games) Report:.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 (2 games) ECO: C00c [French: La Bourdonnais Variation] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, La Bourdonnais Gambit (2) rmblkans opo0zpop 0Z0ZpZ0Z Z0ZpZ0Z0 0Z0ZPO0Z Z0Z0ZNZ0 POPO0ZPO SNAQJBZR 0. Statistics and History 0.. Statistics Games :0 2 : 2 0: Score All report games % 0..2 Oldest games : :0(23) Bryntse Arne Appelquist Olle, 972 2: :0(0) Marcinowski R Samano B, : :0(26) Krol Nava Baro, : : (24) Krol Hardy David G, 200 5: :0(4) Krol Petrov, : : 6 (8) Krol Monteiro Alexandre, 200 7: :0(68) Krol Jimenez Arteaga Angel, : 0:(39) Krol Evans, Newest games : 0:(35) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Pichelin 225, : 0:(60) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Kund 2557, : : 9 (4) Król 239 Walczak 2369, ICCF : 0:(28) Charles Christopher Anderson Collin, : 0:(39) Krol Evans, : : (24) Krol Hardy David G, 200 7: :0(4) Krol Petrov, : : 6 (8) Krol Monteiro Alexandre, 200

2 0..4 Current popularity Year Once every X games Frequency in all years: once every games In the 0 years to today: once every games (up 7% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every games (up 68% from all years) In the year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years) 0..5 Most frequent players (White) : % Krol, Wladyslaw 4,5,6,7,8, 2: 007 0% 2423 Król Wladyslaw 0,2 3: % 239 Król, Wladyslaw 9 4: % Bryntse Arne 5: % Marcinowski R 2 6: % Charles Christopher Most frequent players (Black) : % 2557 Kund, Wolfgang 0 2: % 2369 Walczak, Andrzej 9 3: % 225 Pichelin, Xavier 2 4: 972 0% Appelquist Olle 5: 200 0% Jimenez Arteaga Angel 4 6: 994 0% Samano B Ratings and Performance 0.2. Average ratings and performance White rating: 242 (3 games); White performance: 29 (7% vs 2392) Black rating: 2392 (3 games); Black performance: 2685 (83% vs 242) Games with highest average rating : 0:(60) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Kund 2557, : 0:(39) Krol Evans, : : 9 (4) Król 239 Walczak 2369, ICCF : :0(26) Krol Nava Baro, : 0:(35) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Pichelin 225, : : (24) Krol Hardy David G, 200 7: :0(4) Krol Petrov, : : 6 (8) Krol Monteiro Alexandre, 200

3 0.3 Result Trends 0.3. Result lengths and frequencies Score Game length Frequency :0 : 0: :0 : 0: Report games 54.% % 25.0% 33.3% All games 53.9% % 30.5% 30.7% Shortest wins (White) : :0(0) Marcinowski R Samano B, : :0(23) Bryntse Arne Appelquist Olle, 972 3: :0(26) Krol Nava Baro, : :0(4) Krol Petrov, : :0(68) Krol Jimenez Arteaga Angel, Shortest wins (Black) : 0:(28) Charles Christopher Anderson Collin, : 0:(35) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Pichelin 225, : 0:(39) Krol Evans, : 0:(60) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Kund 2557, Moves and Themes 0.4. Move orders reaching the report position There were 2 move orders reaching this position: :.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 () 2:.f4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e4 () Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws dxe4 : 9.6% 50.0% 2007% 2 Nf6 : 8.3% 00.0% 972 0% Total 2:00.0% 54.% % Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game: Same-side castling: 50% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 7% Opposite castling: 8% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 8% Kingside pawn storm: 7% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 75% Queens exchanged: 50% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 92% Only one side has Bishop pair: 25% Open c/d/e file: 75%

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 0% 8% 8% 7% 0% 7% 8% 42% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5 0.5 Theory Table.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3: +5 =3 4 (6.5/2: 54%) Nf3 Ne5 Bc4 c3 d4 Nxd3 Qf3 Bxd5 3: 67% dxe4 Nf6 2 Bc5 OO exd3 Bb6 Nd5 exd Ng5 d3 Bxd3 g3 Qe2 f5 h4 2: 00%... Bd6 4 exd3 Nf6 OO e5 h6 Nc d3 Bxd3 Nf3 Ne5 Nd2 Nxc6 2: 75%... Nf6 exd3 6 h6 Bc5 Bd7 Nc6 Bxc Nc3 Ne5 cxd3 : 0% Nc6 Nb4 Nxd3+ Bc Nc3 Ngxe4 d4 Bc4 OO Bd3 2: 25% Nd5 9 Nc6 Bb4 OO Nb6 Nxd d3 Bxd3 Nxd5 c3 Nf3 2: 25% exd3 Nc6 Qxd5 h6 Bd Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.d4 g6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd3 a6 9.OO OO 0.cxd5 exd5.f5 gxf5 2.g4 Ng7 3.gxf5 Bxf5 4.Bxf5 Nxf5 5.Ng5 Nce7 6.Qg4 Ng7 7.Qh3 h5 8.Qd3 Ng6 9.Rxf7 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rxf7 :0(23) Bryntse Arne Appelquist Olle, Bd6 5.Qh5 Bxe5 6.fxe5 g6 7.Qe2 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.d3 exd3 0.cxd3 OO :0 Marcinowski R Samano B, Be3 Re8 2.Ne5 Bxe3 3.Qxe3 f6 4.OO fxe5 5.fxe5 Nc6 6.Nd2 Rxe5 7.Qf4 Rf5 8.Qe3 Bd7 9.Rf2 Rxf0.Qxf2 Qf8 0:(28) Charles Christopher Anderson Collin, f5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.d3 exd3 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.cxd3 Rb8 9.Qh5+ g6 0.Qe2 Bc5.Nf3 Nf6 2.Ne5 Bd7 3.Nd2 OO 4.Ndf3 Be8 5.b3 Qd5 6.Be3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.OO Bb5 9.Rac c6 20.Rfd Ng4 :0(68) Krol Jimenez Arteaga Angel, c3 Qe7 2.Nd2 Re8 3.Nde4 Nxe4 4.Qxe4 Qf6 5.g4 Bc5 6.Nxf7 Qxf7 7.Rf Kf8 8.Bc4 Qd7 9.g5 Rd8 20.Qg4 hxg5 :0(26) Krol Nava Baro, h6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd+ 8.Kxd Bc5 9.Nd2 OO 0.c3 Rd8.Kc2 b6 2.g4 Bb7 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.g5 hxg5 5.fxg5 Ne5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.h4 a5 8.a4 2 : 2 Krol Monteiro Alexandre, Qe2 OO 2.Rf Qd5 3.g4 Rad8 4.Nb3 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.a5 Ba7 7.g5 hxg5 8.fxg5 Ne4 9.Bf4 e5 20.Be3 Bxe3 :0(4) Krol Petrov, Bd2 OO 2.Qe2 Nd5 3.Ne4 Bd4 4.Rb Bd7 5.g4 Bb5 6.h4 Ne7 7.Rh3 f6 8.Nc4 Bc6 9.g5 Kh7 20.Bc3 Ng6 0:(39) Krol Evans, Nc6 6.Ngxe4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.c3 Qd5 9.Qf3 b6 0.d4 Bb7.Ng5 Bxg5 2.Qxd5 Bh4+ 3.g3 Bxg3+ 4.hxg3 exd5 5.b3 Ne7 6.Kf2 Nc8 7.Ba3 Nd6 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Re+ Kd8 20.g4 Rc8 : (4) Król 239 Walczak 2369, ICCF Be3 c6 2.Bf2 Nf5 3.Qh5 Nd5 4.Nxd5 exd5 5.Ng5 h6 6.g4 f6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.f5 Bd6 9.c4 Qa5 20.a3 Bd7 0:(60) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Kund 2557, Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 h6 0.Ne4 OO.c4 Nf6 2.Nf2 Nc6 3.Qf3 e5 4.Bc3 Re8 5.OO Nd4 6.Qe3 Nf5 7.Bxf5 Bxf5 8.fxe5 Nd7 9.Qf3 Bxc0.Qxb7 Nxe5 2 : 2 (24) Krol Hardy David G, Qe2 Bd7 2.Be3 Qh5 3.OOO OOO 4.Qf2 Ne7 5.c4 Nc6 6.a3 Rhe8 7.h3 Qa5 8.c5 Bf8 9.Qc2 Kb8 20.Nd2 Ne7 0:(35) Król Wladyslaw 2423 Pichelin 225, 2007.

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