Opening Report

Database: IB109 (4,324,911 games)
Report: 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4 (22 games)
ECO: A80i [Dutch: Alapin, Manhattan Gambit]
Generated by Scid 4.2.2, 2010.06.13
Line suggested by Fire 1.31 (Depth: 20) : 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4 fxg4 4.h3 Nf6 5.hxg4 Bxg4 6.Nh3 c5 N 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nc6  (- 0.18)

BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR
BP BP BP BP BP BP
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WP WP WP :: WP WP WP
WR WN WB WK WB WN WR

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games     22       8       4      10    45.4%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: =-=(41) Feuerstein 2395 -- De Fotis 2425, New York 1972 [17]
2: =-=(49) Jones -- Barber Hayden, 1988 [19]
3: 0-1(26) Juergens -- Karpov, 1989 [16]
4: 0-1(34) McTavish -- Rositsan, 1992 [15]
5: 1-0(52) Disconzi Rodrigo -- Bravo Hector, 1993 [6]

1.3 Newest games

1: 1-0(30) Pasanen 2041 -- Buiza Prieto 1812, Donostia ESP 2010.04.02 [4]
2: 1-0(46) Helsen 2171 -- Beukema 1983, Le Touquet (France) 2008.10.28 [13]
3: 1-0(38) Betaneli 2239 -- Steiner 2128, 2007 [18]
4: 0-1(41) Bayer -- Schiffer, 2006 [9]
5: =-=(71) Schoning 1884 -- Hansen 1998, 2006 [3]

1.4 Current popularity

Year               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Once every X games   ---     ---     ---   163783  178445  265782  160314
Frequency in all years: once every 196586 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 143280 games (up 37% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 120971 games (up 63% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 107253 games (up 83% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 1 1972 50% 2395 Feuerstein, Arthur [17]
2: 1 2005 100% 2392 Schneider, Ilja [7]
3: 1 1999 0% 2266 Santos, Antonio P [14]
4: 1 2007 100% 2239 Betaneli, Alexander [18]
5: 1 2004 0% 2200 Munanira, Isaac [14]
6: 1 2008 100% 2171 Helsen, Steff [13]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 2 2005-2006 100%
Schiffer, Kai-Uwe [8,9]
2: 1 1972 50% 2425 De Fotis, Gregory [17]
3: 1 2005 0% 2413 Grafl, Florian [7]
4: 1 2005 0% 2393 Lupo, Alfredo [5]
5: 1 2004 100% 2257 Galiana Salom, Juan Ramon [14]
6: 1 1999 100% 2195 Dias P [14]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2191 (10 games); White performance: 2303 (67% vs 2178)
Black rating: 2178 (9 games); Black performance: 2042 (30% vs 2191)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(60) Barva -- Garbisu de Goni, 1998 [11]
2: =-=(41) Feuerstein 2395 -- De Fotis 2425, New York 1972 [17]
3: 1-0(21) Schneider 2392 -- Grafl 2413, 2005 [7]
4: 0-1(26) Juergens -- Karpov, 1989 [16]
5: 0-1(41) Bayer -- Schiffer, 2006 [9]
6: 1-0(41) Prevenios 2164 -- Lupo 2393, ICCF 2005 [5]
7: =-=(49) Jones -- Barber Hayden, 1988 [19]
8: 0-1(33) Goecke -- Schiffer, 2005 [8]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    45.4%     37     53     39   36.3%   18.1%   45.4% 
 All games       53.9%     39     35     40   38.6%   30.5%   30.7%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(21) Schneider 2392 -- Grafl 2413, 2005 [7]
2: 1-0(29) Van Deursen Peter -- Tew, 2004 [12]
3: 1-0(30) Pasanen 2041 -- Buiza Prieto 1812, Donostia ESP 2010 [4]
4: 1-0(38) Betaneli 2239 -- Steiner 2128, 2007 [18]
5: 1-0(39) Chipkin 2160 -- De Moore S, 2000 [1]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(26) Juergens -- Karpov, 1989 [16]
2: 0-1(31) Santos 2266 -- Dias P 2195, 1999 [14]
3: 0-1(31) Apitz Andreas -- Zeuner, 1998 [2]
4: 0-1(33) Goecke -- Schiffer, 2005 [8]
5: 0-1(34) McTavish -- Rositsan, 1992 [15]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4 (21)
2: 1.d4 f5 2.g4 d6 3.Qd3 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: fxg4              18: 81.8%   47.2%              1999   17%
 2: c6                 2:  9.0%   25.0%              2002   50%
 3: Qd7                1:  4.5%  100.0%              2000    0%
 4: e6                 1:  4.5%    0.0%              2005    0%
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TOTAL:                22:100.0%   45.4%        2227  2000   18%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 27% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 0%
Opposite castling: 18% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 9%
Kingside pawn storm: 18% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 55%
Queens exchanged: 23% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 36%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 32% Open c/d/e file: 27%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:

 P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,R Q,R,BN
Report games 0% 5% 18% 27% 0% 5% 5% 41%
All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4: +8 =4 -10 (10/22: 45%)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 g4
c61 		gxf5
Qa5+ 		Bd2
Qxf5 		e4
Qg6 		Nc3
b62 		Nge2
Nf6 		Nf4
Qf7 		OOO
e53 		4: 38%
2 ...
fxg4 		h3
Nf6 		hxg44
Bxg4 		Bh35
Qd76 		Bxg4
Qxg4 		Nf3
Nbd7 		Rh4
Qe6 		Nc3
Nb67 		4: 100%
3 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		f3
Bc8 		Nc38
e5 		d5
c6 		Bg5
Na6 		OOO
Nb49 		3: 17%
4 ...
... 		...
g3 		Qxg3
Nf610 		Bg211
g612 		c3
Bg7 		e4
OO 		Bg5
Nh5 		Qe3
Qe813 		4: 50%
5 ...
... 		...
... 		fxg3
Nc614 		Nf3
g6 		Bg5
a5 		c3
Bg7 		Nbd2
Nh6 		e4
d515 		3: 0%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Nf6 		Bg516
c6 		Nc3
Qa5 		Bxf6
exf6 		Nf3
Na6 		Bg2
Bf517 		2: 25%
7 ...
... 		...
... 		...
g6 		Nc318
Bg7 		Nf3
Nf6 		Bg5
OO 		OOO
c6 		g4
b519 		2: 75%
  1. 3...e6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.gxf5 exf5 7.h4 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Qe3+ Kf7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6 Qxf6 13.OOO Nd7 14.Nh3 Nb6 15.Nf4 Bd7 16.a4 d5 17.h5 g5 18.Ng6 Rh7 19.b3 Qe6 20.Qd3 Kg8 0-1(37) Cornil -- Van der Vurst, 2005.
    3...Qd7 4.gxf5 Qxf5 5.e4 Qa5+ 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 d5 8.e5 Nh6 9.Bh3 Bxh3 10.Nxh3 OOO 11.Nb3 Qa6 12.Qxa6 bxa6 13.Nc5 a5 14.Ng5 Re8 15.Nge6 Nd8 16.Nxd8 Rxd8 17.Ne6 Re8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Rg1 Kd7 20.Nf4 e6 1-0(39) Chipkin 2160 -- De Moore S, 2000.

  2. 7...d5 8.exd5 Bf5 9.Qf3 Nf6 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 Qf7 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.Ne2 e5 15.Bf5 a6 16.Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.Nbc3 exd4 18.Ne4 Ne5 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Qxf6 Bg7 0-1(31) Apitz Andreas -- Zeuner, 1998.

  3. 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nh3 Nbd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.Qg2 Bxd1 16.fxe5 Nfxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf3 18.Nf6+ Qxf6 19.exf6 Bxg2 20.Bxg2 OOO =-=(71) Schoning 1884 -- Hansen 1998, 2006.

  4. 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Bg2 d5 7.hxg4 Ne4 8.Bf4 e6 9.c3 Qf6 10.Nh3 Nd6 11.Nd2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.f4 Qe7 15.Ng5 Bxg4 16.Bxd5 OOO 17.OOO Bxe2 18.Qh3+ Kb8 19.Rde1 Re8 20.Rh2 Qf6 1-0(30) Pasanen 2041 -- Buiza Prieto 1812, Donostia ESP 2010.

  5. 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.Ng5 Qc8 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bh3 Bxh3 10.Rxh3 Qd7 11.d5 Nb4 12.Qb3 Nbxd5 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qf7+ Kd8 15.Nc3 e5 16.a4 a5 17.Be3 Ra6 18.OOO Kc8 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxb6 Rxb6 1-0(41) Prevenios 2164 -- Lupo 2393, ICCF 2005.

  6. 6...Bxh3 7.Nxh3 Qd7 8.Ng5 e5 9.d5 Na6 10.Be3 c5 11.Nc3 Nc7 12.OOO OOO 13.Nxh7 Be7 14.Qg6 Rxh7 15.Rxh7 Nxh7 16.Qxh7 Bf6 17.Ne4 Rf8 18.Kb1 Ne8 19.f3 Bd8 20.Rg1 Nf6 1-0(52) Disconzi Rodrigo -- Bravo Hector, 1993.

  7. 11.Ng5 Qc4 12.Qh3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Rxh7 Rxh7 15.Qxh7 Nf6 16.Qf5 Qxd4 17.Qb5+ c6 18.Qxb7 Rd8 19.Qxc6+ Rd7 20.Qc8+ Rd8 1-0(21) Schneider 2392 -- Grafl 2413, 2005.

  8. 7.e4 e5 8.d5 c6 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bh3 Qa5 11.Bg5 Nb4 12.Qd2 cxd5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.exd5 Bxh3 15.Rxh3 h5 16.a3 Bh6 17.Qd1 Na6 18.Qd3 OOO 19.Ne2 Kb8 20.Qb5 Qc7 0-1(33) Goecke -- Schiffer, 2005.
    7.Bg5 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nc3 Be6 11.OOO+ Bd6 12.Bh3 Ke7 13.Rh2 Nc6 14.Ne4 Raf8 15.e3 h6 16.Bxe6 Kxe6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ne2 f5 19.N4c3 Rfg8 20.f4 a6 =-=(54) Tew -- Phillips, 2004.

  9. 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a3 Na6 15.Ne4 Qxd2+ 16.Rxd2 d5 17.Nxf6+ Kf7 18.Ng4 Bg7 19.e4 h5 20.Rdh2 Nc5 0-1(41) Bayer -- Schiffer, 2006.

  10. 5...Bf5 6.Na3 Nc6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Bc4 Qd7 11.Ne2 e5 12.OOO Nf6 13.h4 OOO 14.Qf2 a6 15.Ng3 Bf7 16.Ne2 Na5 17.Bxf7 Qxf7 18.Qe1 Nc6 19.Nc3 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 0-1(38) Herman -- Hajdu, 1996.

  11. 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bg5 e6 8.OOO Be7 9.Nf3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rg1 g6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rd3 Qf6 14.Re3+ Ne7 15.h4 Bf5 16.Qg5 Qxg5 17.Nxg5 Kd7 18.Nf7 Rhf8 19.Nh6 Be6 20.f3 Rf4 0-1(60) Barva -- Garbisu de Goni, 1998.

  12. 6...Nc6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.c4 e6 9.Nc3 Qd7 10.Bg5 Nb4 11.OO OOO 12.e4 Bg6 13.a3 Na6 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qg4 Re8 16.b4 Qf7 17.Be3 Be7 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.b5 Nb8 20.c5 Nf6 1-0(29) Van Deursen Peter -- Tew, 2004.

  13. 11.Ne2 e5 12.OO Na6 13.f4 h6 14.Bh4 exf4 15.Qd3 g5 16.Be1 c6 17.Nd2 g4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Nf3 Kh8 20.Nh4 Rg8 1-0(46) Helsen 2171 -- Beukema 1983, Le Touquet (France) 2008.

  14. 5...e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.OOO OO 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g4 Be6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Qxd6 Qe8 16.Qa3 a5 17.e4 Nb4 18.g5 Qc6 19.Bd3 b5 20.b3 Rfc8 0-1(31) Santos 2266 -- Dias P 2195, 1999.
    5...c6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bf4 Qa5 9.a3 Na6 10.Bd2 Nb4 11.axb4 Qxa1+ 12.Nd1 Rc8 13.Nf3 Qa6 14.Qe3 Bd7 15.OO g6 16.Nc3 Bg7 17.Ng5 Qb6 18.Ne6 Bh6 19.Qxh6 Bxe6 20.Qe3 Kd7 0-1(59) Munanira 2200 -- Galiana Salom 2257, 2004.

  15. 11.e5 Nf7 12.h4 Bf5 13.Qe3 h6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Bd3 a4 16.Rf1 e6 17.g4 Bxg4 18.Bxg6 OOO 19.Nh2 h5 20.Bxf7 Qxf7 0-1(34) McTavish -- Rositsan, 1992.

  16. 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.e4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Ne2 Bf5 10.OO Qd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nf4 Bf7 13.c4 e6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Be3 g5 16.Nh5 OOO 17.Nc3 Bg6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxd4 20.Bxg5 Be7 0-1(26) Juergens -- Karpov, 1989.

  17. 11.Qe3+ Be7 12.OO Bd7 13.d5 Nb4 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nd4 Qe5 16.Qf2 Rc8 17.a3 Na6 18.Nf3 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.b4 Ne6 =-=(41) Feuerstein 2395 -- De Fotis 2425, New York 1972.

  18. 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.OO OO 9.Ng5 Qe8 10.Qb3+ e6 11.Bxb7 Bxb7 12.Qxb7 Nc6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Qb3 Rae8 15.Be3 Kh8 16.Bf2 h6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Nbd2 e5 19.d5 Ne7 20.Kg2 e4 1-0(38) Betaneli 2239 -- Steiner 2128, 2007.

  19. 11.Kb1 d5 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.e4 b4 14.Na4 Ba6 15.Qb3 Qd6 16.Nc5 Bxf1 17.Rhxf1 a5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Ne6 Rfe8 =-=(49) Jones -- Barber Hayden, 1988.