Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games) Report: 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Nf6 (25 games) ECO: A02 [Bird: From Gambit, Langheld Gambit] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, 2011.02.15 Langheld Gambit rmblka0s opo0zpop 0Z0O0m0Z Z0Z0Z0Z0 0Z0Z0Z0Z Z0Z0Z0Z0 POPOPZPO SNAQJBMR 0.1 Statistics and History 0.1.1 Statistics Games 1:0 1 2 : 1 2 0:1 Score All report games 25 5 8 12 36.0% 0.1.2 Oldest games 1: 0:1(42) Patzig Hans Ulrich Langheld Werner, 1989 14 2: 0:1(32) Sneiders Edgars Langheld Werner, 1989 12 3: 1 : 1 1 (11) Godois Mafra, 1998 4: 0:1(29) Hanegby Avigdor Petersson Daniel, 1999 8 5: 1 : 1 7 (23) Fedorko Marcotulli Giancarlo, 2000 6: 1:0(56) Pinazo Donoso 2112 Costa Trave 2106, 2000 4 7: 1:0(19) Rennert Ralf Seidel, 2000 8: 0:1(16) Ball Ratzmann, 2002 16 0.1.3 Newest games 1: 0:1(23) Kreuchauf Rennert Ralf, 2005 19 2: 1:0(27) Wirtz Marc Mulde Ralf, 2005 14 3: 1 : 1 11 (17) Heilmann Mulde Ralf, 2005 4: 1:0(39) Vrban Orfali Marcelo Raphael, 2005 5 5: 0:1(15) Schubert Mulde Ralf, 2005 3 6: 1 : 1 2 (10) Grossberger Thomas Mulde Ralf, 2005 7: 1 : 1 18 (52) Schneider Dietmar Ratzmann, 2004 8: 0:1(23) Liebeskind Rolf Dieter Mulde Ralf, 2004 17
0.1.4 Current popularity Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09 Once every X games 178441 797339 91615 Frequency in all years: once every 175966 games In the 10 years to today: once every 82586 games (up 113% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years) In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years) 0.1.5 Most frequent players (White) 1: 002 50% Rennert Ralf 1,20 2: 004 2005 50% Heilmann, Michael 11,13 3: 1 2000 100% 2112 Pinazo Donoso, Jorge 4 4: 1 1989 0% Sneiders Edgars 12 5: 1 2004 0% Schulz, Hans-Juergen 6 6: 1 1998 50% Godois, Jorge de Oliveira 1 0.1.6 Most frequent players (Black) 1: 7 2004 2005 64% Mulde Ralf 2,3,11,14,15,17 2: 6 2002 2004 83% Ratzmann, Stefan 1,6,13,14,16,18 3: 2 1989 100% Langheld Werner 12,14 4: 1 2000 0% 2106 Costa Trave, Jaume 4 5: 1 2000 50% Marcotulli Giancarlo 7 6: 1 2002 0% Seidel, Michael Prof Dr 20 0.2 Ratings and Performance 0.2.1 Average ratings and performance White rating: 2112 (1 games); White performance: 3105 (100% vs 2106) Black rating: 2106 (1 games); Black performance: 1113 (0% vs 2112) 0.2.2 Games with highest average rating 1: 1:0(18) Jendrian Gross, 2004 10 2: 1 : 1 1 (11) Godois Mafra, 1998 3: 1:0(56) Pinazo Donoso 2112 Costa Trave 2106, 2000 4 4: 0:1(14) Schulz Ratzmann, 2004 6 5: 0:1(16) Ball Ratzmann, 2002 16 6: 0:1(35) Pinto Antonio Ezat, 2003 4 7: 1 : 1 15 (10) Fritsche Mulde Ralf, 2004 8: 0:1(15) Schubert Mulde Ralf, 2005 3
0.3 Result Trends 0.3.1 Result lengths and frequencies Score Game length Frequency 1 1:0 : 1 1 0:1 1:0 : 1 0:1 Report games 36.0% 31 27 20.0% 32.0% 48.0% All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.6% 30.5% 30.7% 0.3.2 Shortest wins (White) 1: 1:0(18) Jendrian Gross, 2004 10 2: 1:0(19) Rennert Ralf Seidel, 2000 3: 1:0(27) Wirtz Marc Mulde Ralf, 2005 14 4: 1:0(39) Vrban Orfali Marcelo Raphael, 2005 5 5: 1:0(56) Pinazo Donoso 2112 Costa Trave 2106, 2000 4 0.3.3 Shortest wins (Black) 1: 0:1(14) Schulz Ratzmann, 2004 6 2: 0:1(15) Schubert Mulde Ralf, 2005 3 3: 0:1(16) Ball Ratzmann, 2002 16 4: 0:1(21) Lehmann Harald Ratzmann, 2004 14 5: 0:1(23) Kreuchauf Rennert Ralf, 2005 19 0.4 Moves and Themes 0.4.1 Move orders reaching the report position There was only one move order reaching this position: 1: 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Nf6 (25) 0.4.2 Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws 1 dxc7 13: 52.0% 30.7% 2002 31% 2 Nf3 10: 40.0% 45.0% 2003 30% 3 Nc3 1: 4.0% 50.0% 1998 100% 4 g3 1: 4.0% 0.0% 2002 0% Total 25:100.0% 36.0% 2002 32% 0.4.3 Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game: Same-side castling: 36% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 4% Opposite castling: 16% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 4% Kingside pawn storm: 24% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100% Queens exchanged: 56% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 24% Only one side has Bishop pair: 4% Open c/d/e file: 40%
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% 12% 0% 20% 0% 0% 0% 68% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%
0.5 Theory Table 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Nf6: +5 =8 12 (9/25: 36%) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Nf3 1 Nc3 2 d4 e4 Be3 Bf2 Kxf2 gxf3 4: 25% Nc6 Bxd6 Ng4 Nxh2 Bg3+ Bxf2+ Nxf3 OO 3 2... g3 4 Bg2 gxh4 c3 OO Qb3 Qxb7 4: 50% Bxd6 h5 5 h4 Ng4 Qe7 Nc6 Bd7 Rb8 6 3... d4 Bg5 Nc3 8 g3 9 Bg2 OO Qd2 4: 50%... OO 7 Re8 Bf5 Nc6 Be7 Qd7 Rad8 10 4 dxc7 e3 11 Bb5+ Bxd7+ Nf3 Qe2 g3 12 OO 3: 33% Qxc7 Bd6 Bd7 Nbxd7 Ng4 OO Qxc2 Nde5 13 5... Nf3 d3 14 c3 15 Qa4+ e4 Ke2 Kd2 5: 30%... Bd6 Ng4 Bxh2 Nc6 Bg3+ OO Nf2 16 6...... e4 Bb5+ Kf1 Bxc6+ d4 Kg1 2: 0%...... Ng4 Nc6 Qb6 bxc6 Ba6+ OO 17 7...... e3 Bb5+ 18 Bxd7+ Kf1 Nc3 h3 3: 50%...... Ng4 Bd7 19 Nxd7 OO a6 f5 20 1 4.Nc3 Bxd6 5.Nb5 Ng4 6.Nxd6+ Qxd6 7.g3 Nxh2 8.Rxh2 Qxg3+ 9.Rf2 Qxg1 10.d3 Bh3 11.Bf4 1 : 1 Godois Mafra, 1998. 4.g3 Bxd6 5.Nf3 Ng4 6.Bg2 h5 7.OO h4 8.h3 Bxg3 9.d4 Qd6 10.Qd3 Nh2 11.Qe4+ Kf8 12.Nxh2 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 Bg3 14.b3 Kg8 15.Qe8+ Qf8 16.Qxf8+ Kxf8 17.Ba3+ Ke8 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.c3 Ne7 20.Rf3 f5 21.Re3 Bd6 0:1(46) Rennert Ralf Ratzmann, 2002. 2 5.g3 h5 6.d3 h4 7.Nxh4 Ng4 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.Nf3 Bxg3+ 1 2 : 1 2 Grossberger Thomas Mulde Ralf, 2005. 3 12.Ne2 Ne7 13.c3 Ng6 14.Bg2 Be6 15.f4 Bg4 0:1 Schubert Mulde Ralf, 2005. 4 5.e3 Ng4 6.g3 Qf6 7.Rg1 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.d4 OOO 10.h3 a6 11.Be2 h5 12.Nc3 Nh6 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.h4 Rhe8 16.Qd3 Nb4 17.Qb3 Nf5 18.c4 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Nc2+ 21.Kf2 Nxe3 1:0(56) Pinazo Donoso 2112 Costa Trave 2106, 2000; 5...g5 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 Ne4 8.Rg1 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 Ng5 12.b3 Rg8 13.Bb2 Qf6 14.Qe2 Nf3+ 15.Nxf3 gxf3 16.Qf2 Bg4 17.OOO Qe6 18.e4 a5 19.e5 Be7 20.d4 a4 21.d5 cxd5 0:1(35) Pinto Antonio Ezat, 2003. 5 5...Ne4 6.d3 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bxg3+ 8.Kd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Bh3 g6 12.Qg1 Be5 13.e4 Bf4+ 14.Kd1 Bxc1 15.Nd5 Qd6 16.Kxc1 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 OOO 18.Qh2 Qxh2 19.Rxh2 h6 20.Ne3 f6 21.Kd2 h5 1:0(39) Vrban Orfali Marcelo Raphael, 2005. 6 12.Qa6 Nce5 13.Na3 Nxf3+ 14.Rxf3 Rb6 0:1 Schulz Ratzmann, 2004. 7 5...Ng4 6.Qd3 c5 7.Qe4+ Be6 8.Ng5 Bxh2 9.Nxe6 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 fxe6 11.Rxh2 Qg5+ 12.e3 Nxh2 13.Qxe6+ Kd8 14.Qd6+ Nd7 15.Qxh2 Rf8 16.Be2 cxd4 17.Bf3 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Qxe3+ 19.Kd1 Qxf3+ 20.Ke1 Qe4+ 21.Qe2 Qh1+ 1 : 1 (23) Fedorko Marcotulli Giancarlo, 2000. 8 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.c3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bf2 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxf2 12.Kxf2 g4 13.Ne1 Bf4 14.Nc2 Qf6 15.Ke1 Bf5 16.e4 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Bxe4 18.Ne3 Qf4 19.Be2 Bf3 20.gxf3 gxf3 21.Kf2 fxe2+ 0:1(29) Hanegby Avigdor Petersson Daniel, 1999. 9 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.OOO h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.a3 a6 12.e3 b5 13.Re1 Bg6 14.Bd3 b4 15.Bxg6 Qxg6 16.axb4 Rad8 17.Rhf1 Bxb4 18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Nf5 Ne7 20.g4 Nd5 21.e4 Nxc3 1 2 : 1 2 Gretencord Ulrich Moeller Reinhold, 2004. 10 12.Nh4 Bh3 13.Bxh3 Qxh3 14.e3 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Rf1 Ne5 18.Nf5 1:0 Jendrian Gross, 2004. 11 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 Bxh2 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Ng4 9.OOO h6 10.Bd2 Bxg1 11.Rxg1 OO 12.Qf3 Nxd4 13.Qf4 Qxf4 14.Bxf4 Ne6 15.Bg3 Ne3 16.Rd3 Nxf1 17.Rxf1 b6 1 2 : 1 2 Heilmann Mulde Ralf, 2005. 12 10.Nc3 Rac8 11.g3 Rfe8 12.OO a6 13.a4
Ndf6 14.b3 Nxe3 15.dxe3 Qxc3 16.Ra2 Bc5 17.Bd2 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Rxe3 19.Bxc3 Rexc3 20.Ne1 Nd5 21.Rf2 Nb4 0:1(32) Sneiders Edgars Langheld Werner, 1989. 13 12.Nc3 Qd3 13.Ne1 Qxe2 14.Nxe2 Rad8 15.d4 Nc6 16.Nc2 Rfe8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Rad1 Nf6 19.Nc3 b5 20.a3 Bc7 21.Bc1 Bb6 1 2 : 1 2 (32) Heilmann Ratzmann, 2004. 14 6.Kf2 Bf5 7.Nc3 OO 8.e3 a6 9.g3 Nc6 10.d3 Qd7 11.Qe2 Rfe8 12.Kg1 b5 13.a3 Rac8 14.Bg2 Qa7 15.Nh4 Bg4 16.Qf2 Bc5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bh3 19.Nf5 Rxe4 20.dxe4 Rd8 21.Qe2 Ne5 0:1 Lehmann Harald Ratzmann, 2004; 6...g5 7.Kg1 g4 8.Nd4 g3 9.hxg3 Bg4 10.Nf3 Bxg3 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.e3 OOO 13.Be2 h5 14.Qf1 Rdg8 15.Nh4 Qe5 16.Bf3 Bxh4 17.Bxc6 Qg3 18.Be4 Bg5 19.Qf2 Qd6 20.Bf3 Bh6 21.Nb5 Qb6 1:0(27) Wirtz Marc Mulde Ralf, 2005. 6.d4 Ng4 7.Qd3 OO 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 Bg3+ 10.hxg3 Qxg3+ 11.Kd2 Nf2 12.Qe3 Nxh1 13.Ne2 Qf2 14.Qxf2 Nxf2 15.Ng3 Nd7 16.Ke1 Ng4 17.Bf4 h6 18.Nf5 Ndf6 19.Ne7+ Kh7 20.Bd3 g6 21.Nxc8 Raxc8 0:1(42) Patzig Hans Ulrich Langheld Werner, 1989. 15 7.Nc3 Bg3+ 8.hxg3 Qxg3+ 9.Kd2 Qf4+ 10.Ke1 Qg3+ 1 : 1 Fritsche Mulde Ralf, 2004. 16 12.Rh5 Bg4 13.Rf5 a6 14.b3 Bxf5 15.exf5 b5 16.Qa3 b4 0:1 Ball Ratzmann, 2002. 17 12.h3 f5 13.exf5 Ne5 14.g4 Rfe8 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.c3 Kh8 17.Kg2 Bc7 18.Qb3 Bb5 19.Na3 Re2+ 20.Kf3 Rae8 21.Nxb5 cxb5 0:1(23) Liebeskind Rolf Dieter Mulde Ralf, 2004. 12.Nc3 Rfe8 13.h3 Nf6 14.Qe1 c5 15.d5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nfg5 fxe4 18.Ne6 Qb5 19.a4 Qc4 20.Qd1 Be5 21.Be3 Bxb2 0:1(34) Hirscheider Helmut Mulde Ralf, 2004. 18 7.Nc3 Bxh2 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Kf1 Bg3 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Ne4 OOO 12.Nxg3 Qxg3 13.b3 f6 14.Bb2 Rhe8 15.Kg1 h6 16.Rf1 Kb8 17.a4 a6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.a5 Qd6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Qf3 Ne5 1 : 1 (52) Schneider Dietmar Ratzmann, 2004. 19 7...Nc6 8.d4 Bxh2 9.Ke2 Bg3 10.Rf1 OO 11.c3 Re8 12.Na3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Nxe3 14.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 15.Kxe3 Re8+ 16.Kd2 Bf4+ 17.Kc2 Bxd3+ 18.Kxd3 Nb4+ 19.cxb4 Re3+ 20.Kd2 Rxf3+ 21.Ke1 Qe7+ 0:1(23) Kreuchauf Rennert Ralf, 2005. 20 12.Nd4 Bg3 13.Qe2 Rae8 14.hxg4 fxg4+ 15.Kg1 Bf2+ 16.Qxf2 Rxf2 17.Kxf2 Rf8+ 18.Kg1 Qe5 19.Nce2 1:0 Rennert Ralf Seidel, 2002.