Opening Report

Database: IB109 (4,260,261 games)
Report: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 (19 games)
ECO: A45f [Indian: 2.Nc3]
Generated by Scid 3.7, 2009.08.11

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games     19       8       5       6    55.2%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: =-=(40) Derouineau Paul -- Ravinet, 1966 [3]
2: =-=(23) Karjalainen Vaino -- Lindqvist Peter, 1979 [6]
3: 1-0(34) Lindenthal Andreas -- Hanisch G, 1990 [14]
4: 1-0(9) Roesch Arnd -- Ruessel Reinhard, 1990 [12]
5: 1-0(9) Rosch Arnd -- Russel Reinhard, 1990 [13]

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(74) Massard Rene 1650 -- Couradin Jean Marie 1660, 2006 [1]
2: 1-0(66) Sauret Sabine 1475 -- Roeder Regina 1477, 2004 [9]
3: 1-0(30) Fantini Marco -- Grosar Vojko 1954, 2004 [7]
4: 1-0(36) Sahm Philipp -- Stephan Roland, 2003 [8]
5: 0-1(32) Acebedo Pierre -- Gallagher James, 2003 [2]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   ---     ---   146818  156256    ---   325614  157072
Frequency in all years: once every 224224 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 157072 games (up 43% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 764178 games (down 70% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 1 2006 0% 1650 Massard Rene [1]
2: 1 2004100% 1475 Sauret Sabine [9]
3: 1 1966 50% Derouineau Paul [3]
4: 1 1990100% Roesch Arnd [12]
5: 1 1990100% Lindenthal Andreas [14]
6: 1 1990100% Rosch Arnd [13]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 2 2001100% Loizou Loizos [10,11]
2: 1 2004 0% 1954 Grosar Vojko [7]
3: 1 2006100% 1660 Couradin Jean Marie [1]
4: 1 2004 0% 1477 Roeder Regina [9]
5: 1 2003100% Gallagher James [2]
6: 1 1990 0% Ruessel Reinhard [12]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 1563 (2 games); White performance: 1822 (67% vs 1697)
Black rating: 1697 (3 games); Black performance: 1563 (50% vs 1563)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(5) Goldenberg Danny -- Khechumyan Gagik, 2000 [5]
2: 1-0(48) Schmaranzer Alfred -- Senoner Erich, 1994 [6]
3: 0-1(74) Massard Rene 1650 -- Couradin Jean Marie 1660, 2006 [1]
4: 1-0(66) Sauret Sabine 1475 -- Roeder Regina 1477, 2004 [9]
5: 1-0(9) Roesch Arnd -- Ruessel Reinhard, 1990 [12]
6: 0-1(14) Stelter Frederik -- Vollak Marleen, 2002 [15]
7: 1-0(36) Sahm Philipp -- Stephan Roland, 2003 [8]
8: 1-0(30) Fantini Marco -- Grosar Vojko 1954, 2004 [7]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    55.2%     33     27     41   42.1%   26.3%   31.5% 
 All games       53.9%     39     35     40   38.7%   30.3%   30.8%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(9) Roesch Arnd -- Ruessel Reinhard, 1990 [12]
2: 1-0(9) Rosch Arnd -- Russel Reinhard, 1990 [13]
3: 1-0(30) Fantini Marco -- Grosar Vojko 1954, 2004 [7]
4: 1-0(34) Lindenthal Andreas -- Hanisch G, 1990 [14]
5: 1-0(35) Gorrell David -- Ballom Stephanie, 2000 [6]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(14) Stelter Frederik -- Vollak Marleen, 2002 [15]
2: 0-1(16) Mihalopoulos Jason -- Loizou Loizos, 2001 [11]
3: 0-1(32) Acebedo Pierre -- Gallagher James, 2003 [2]
4: 0-1(45) Jaouen Patrick -- Besnard S, 2000 [1]
5: 0-1(68) Loo Jonathan -- Loizou Loizos, 2001 [10]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 (18)
2: 1.d4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: dxe5              13: 68.4%   69.2%              1997   15%
 2: Nf3                2: 10.5%   25.0%              1985   50%
 3: d5                 2: 10.5%   50.0%              1999  100%
 4: Bg5                2: 10.5%    0.0%              2003    0%
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TOTAL:                19:100.0%   55.2%              1996   26%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 47% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 0%
Opposite castling: 21% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 11%
Kingside pawn storm: 16% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 79%
Queens exchanged: 53% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 16%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 0% Open c/d/e file: 53%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Report games 0% 16% 0% 26% 0% 16% 0% 42%
All games 3% 10% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5: +8 =5 -6 (10.5/19: 55%)
345678910
1 Nf31
exd42 		Nxd4
d5 		e3
a6 		Be2
c5 		Nf3
Nc6 		OO
Be7 		a3
OO 		b4
b53 		4: 13%
2 d5
c64 		Bg5
Bb4 		Bxf65





2: 50%
3 dxe5
Ng4 		Bf46
Nc6 		Nf3
Bb47 		h3
Nh6 		e4
b6 		Qd2
Ng8 		Bc4
Nge7 		a3
Bxc38 		5: 90%
4 ...
... 		Nf3
Nc69 		e410
Ngxe5 		Be3
Bb4 		Be2
Qf6 		Bd2
Bxc3 		Bxc3
d6 		OO
Qg611 		3: 33%
5 ...
... 		...
Bc5 		Ne4
Bb4+ 		c3
Ba5 		h3
Nh6 		Bg5
f6 		exf612
13
2: 100%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		e3
Nc6 		Bd314
Ngxe5 		e4
OO 		Nxe5
Nxe5 		Bf4
Re8 		OO
d615 		3: 50%
  1. 3.Bg5 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qf4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nd5 Be5 8.Qe4 OO 9.c3 Re8 10.Qc2 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 0-1(74) Massard Rene 1650 -- Couradin Jean Marie 1660, 2006; 5.Qd1 Bc5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6 9.h3 a6 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Qd2 Qe7 0-1(45) Jaouen Patrick -- Besnard S, 2000.

  2. 3...Nc6 4.Bf4 exf4 5.d5 Nb4 6.Qd2 Bd6 7.OOO OO 8.Nb5 Nfxd5 9.Nxd6 cxd6 10.g3 fxg3 11.hxg3 Nxa2+ 0-1(32) Acebedo Pierre -- Gallagher James, 2003.

  3. 11.Bb2 Bb7 =-=(40) Derouineau Paul -- Ravinet, 1966.

  4. 3...Bb4 4.Bg5 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.f3 OO 7.Ne2 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.a3 Bc5 10.b4 Be3 11.Ng3 Qh4 =-=(30) James Clement Richard -- Blaszczyk Frederic, 1997.

  5. =-= Goldenberg Danny -- Khechumyan Gagik, 2000.

  6. 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Be2 a6 11.OO OO 1-0(48) Schmaranzer Alfred -- Senoner Erich, 1994.
    4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3 Bb4 6.Bd2 d6 7.Nf4 Nbd7 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.b3 Bb7 1-0(35) Gorrell David -- Ballom Stephanie, 2000.
    4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6 Nc6 6.Qe4+ Be6 7.dxc7 Qxc7 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Bd2 OOO 10.e3 Nf6 11.Qf4 Qa5 =-=(23) Karjalainen Vaino -- Lindqvist Peter, 1979.

  7. 5...Bc5 6.e3 Bb4 7.Bc4 Qe7 8.Qd5 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.OO Bxc3 1-0(30) Fantini Marco -- Grosar Vojko 1954, 2004.

  8. 11.Qxc3 OO 1-0(36) Sahm Philipp -- Stephan Roland, 2003.

  9. 4...Bb4 5.Qd4 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6 7.e4 Qe7 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bd3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 fxe5 11.Be3 OO 1-0(66) Sauret Sabine 1475 -- Roeder Regina 1477, 2004.

  10. 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.e3 Qe7 7.Qd5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qe6 9.Qxe6+ dxe6 10.Be2 h5 11.Bb5 Bd7 0-1(68) Loo Jonathan -- Loizou Loizos, 2001.

  11. 11.Qd5 Be6 0-1(16) Mihalopoulos Jason -- Loizou Loizos, 2001.

  12. 1-0 Roesch Arnd -- Ruessel Reinhard, 1990.

  13. 1-0 Rosch Arnd -- Russel Reinhard, 1990.

  14. 6.Bc4 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Qh5 Nxc4 9.Qxc5 Nb6 10.Nb5 d6 11.Qxc7 OO =-=(39) Kerbaol Jacques -- Benard Serge, 2002.
    6.h3 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Qd5 d6 9.Be2 OO 10.Ne4 c6 11.Qd1 Qe7 1-0(34) Lindenthal Andreas -- Hanisch G, 1990.

  15. 11.h3 c6 0-1(14) Stelter Frederik -- Vollak Marleen, 2002.