Opening Report
Database: IB109 (4,260,261 games)
Report: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 (21 games)
ECO: B12b [Caro-Kann: Ulysses Gambit]
Generated by Scid 3.7, 2009.08.11
1. Statistics and History
1.1 Statistics
Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
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All report games 21 6 3 12 35.7%
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1.2 Oldest games
1: 1-0(59) Nakamura Clyde J -- Perry Patrick, 1986 [16]
2: 0-1(28) Weidmann B -- Weber J, 1988 [9]
3: =-=(28) Bax -- Schaedlich M, 1990 [13]
4: 0-1(23) Wilk Bronislawa -- Kwiek Janusz, 1993 [2]
5: 0-1(52) Nakamura Clyde J -- Schiller Eric, 1994 [15]
1.3 Newest games
1: 0-1(31) Rahmat Rahim -- Wee Zhen Yang 2099, 2003 [14]
2: 0-1(25) Lemos Artur -- Dias Antero, 2002 [12]
3: 0-1(21) Padalkina Anastasia -- Livensky Evgeniy, 2002 [10]
4: 0-1(9) Ullmann Andreas -- Rueger Dietmar, 2002 [9]
5: 0-1(23) Hancock Michael -- Hall Dick, 2002 [3]
1.4 Current popularity
Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games --- --- --- --- 183476 203509 171351
Frequency in all years: once every 202869 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 171351 games (up 18% 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)
1.5 Most frequent players (White)
| 1: | 2 | 1986-1994 | 50% | | Nakamura Clyde J [15,16] |
| 2: | 1 | 1999 | 0% | 2195 | Kivijarvi Juha [7] |
| 3: | 1 | 2000 | 50% | 2183 | Simonsen Olavur [17] |
| 4: | 1 | 2000 | 50% | 2146 | Simonsen O [17] |
| 5: | 1 | 2000 | 100% | 2040 | Leib Britta [12] |
| 6: | 1 | 1993 | 0% | | Wilk Bronislawa [2] |
1.6 Most frequent players (Black)
| 1: | 1 | 2000 | 50% | 2313 | Olsen Heini [17] |
| 2: | 1 | 2000 | 50% | 2289 | Olsen H [17] |
| 3: | 1 | 1999 | 100% | 2284 | Karttunen Mika [7] |
| 4: | 1 | 2003 | 100% | 2099 | Wee Zhen Yang [14] |
| 5: | 1 | 2000 | 0% | 1610 | Fett Sabine [12] |
| 6: | 1 | 1988 | 100% | | Weber J [9] |
2. Ratings and Performance
2.1 Average ratings and performance
White rating: 2141 (4 games); White performance: 2047 (40% vs 2119)
Black rating: 2119 (5 games); Black performance: 2141 (50% vs 2141)
2.2 Games with highest average rating
1: =-=(14) Simonsen Olavur 2183 -- Olsen Heini 2313, 2000 [17]
2: 0-1(42) Kivijarvi Juha 2195 -- Karttunen Mika 2284, 1999 [7]
3: =-=(14) Simonsen O 2146 -- Olsen H 2289, 2000 [17]
4: 1-0(39) Kuhn Norbert -- Kuempers Ulrich, 1996 [8]
5: 1-0(41) Leib Britta 2040 -- Fett Sabine 1610, 2000 [12]
6: 0-1(52) Nakamura Clyde J -- Schiller Eric, 1994 [15]
7: 0-1(63) Amadou Myriam -- Bordi Kevin, 1996 [11]
8: 0-1(28) Weidmann B -- Weber J, 1988 [9]
3. Result Trends
3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1-0 =-= 0-1 1-0 =-= 0-1
Report games 35.7% 31 18 32 28.5% 14.2% 57.1%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.7% 30.3% 30.8%
3.2 Shortest wins (White)
1: 1-0(10) Sadowski Jan -- Dolinski P, 1994 [6]
2: 1-0(18) Sims Chris -- Dyer Todd, 1999 [5]
3: 1-0(22) Cain Charlie -- Stanton Tina, 2001 [1]
4: 1-0(39) Kuhn Norbert -- Kuempers Ulrich, 1996 [8]
5: 1-0(41) Leib Britta 2040 -- Fett Sabine 1610, 2000 [12]
3.3 Shortest wins (Black)
1: 0-1(9) Ullmann Andreas -- Rueger Dietmar, 2002 [9]
2: 0-1(21) Padalkina Anastasia -- Livensky Evgeniy, 2002 [10]
3: 0-1(23) Wilk Bronislawa -- Kwiek Janusz, 1993 [2]
4: 0-1(23) Hancock Michael -- Hall Dick, 2002 [3]
5: 0-1(25) Lemos Artur -- Dias Antero, 2002 [12]
4. Moves and Themes
4.1 Move orders reaching the report position
There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 (18)
2: 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Ng5 (3)
4.2 Moves from the report position
Move ECO Frequency Score AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
1: Nf6 14: 66.6% 32.1% 1997 21%
2: Bf5 6: 28.5% 33.3% 1998 0%
3: f5 1: 4.7% 100.0% 2001 0%
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TOTAL: 21:100.0% 35.7% 1998 14%
4.3 Positional Themes
Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
| Same-side castling: | 52% | White Isolated Queen Pawn: | 5% |
| Opposite castling: | 14% | Black Isolated Queen Pawn: | 0% |
| Kingside pawn storm: | 5% | White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: | 10% |
| Queens exchanged: | 57% | Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: | 100% |
| Only one side has Bishop pair: | 0% | Open c/d/e file: | 24% |
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% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 67% |
| All games | 3% | 10% | 9% | 25% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 43% |
5. Theory Table
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5: +6 =3 -12 (7.5/21: 36%)
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|
| 1 |
Ng5
Bf51 |
c32
h6 |
Nxf7
Kxf7 |
Qb3+
e6 |
Qxb7+
Nd7 |
Qxc6
Ne7 |
Qc43
Nd5 |
Nd2
Bd64 |
4: 25% |
|---|
| 2 |
...
... |
g4
Bg65 |
Nc36
Nf6 |
Bg2
h5 |
gxh5
Bxh5 |
Qd2
e6 |
Ncxe4
Nbd7 |
Ng3
Bg67 |
3: 67% |
|---|
| 3 |
...
Nf6 |
Nc3
Bf58 |
Bc4
e6 |
OO9
h6 |
Nh3
Bxh310 |
gxh3
Bd6 |
Qe2
Qc7 |
f3
b511 |
5: 20% |
|---|
| 4 |
...
... |
Bc4
e6 |
Nc312
Bb413 |
OO
Bxc3 |
bxc3
h6 |
Nh3
OO |
f3
b5 |
Bb3
c514 |
4: 38% |
|---|
| 5 |
...
... |
...
... |
...
Nbd7 |
OO
h6 |
Ngxe4
Nxe4 |
Nxe4
Nf6 |
Qd3
Be7 |
Be3
Qc715 |
2: 0% |
|---|
| 6 |
...
... |
...
... |
...
Be7 |
OO
OO |
Re116
Nbd7 |
Ncxe4
Nxe4 |
Nxe4
Nf6 |
Bg5
b617 |
3: 67% |
|---|
- 4...f5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf7 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nxh8 Nbd7 9.Bf7+ Kd8 10.Bb3 e5 11.Nf7+ Ke8 12.dxe5 Ng4 1-0(22) Cain Charlie -- Stanton Tina, 2001.
- 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nbd7 10.f3 exf3 11.Nxf3 OO 12.OO Ne4 0-1(23) Wilk Bronislawa -- Kwiek Janusz, 1993.
- 10.Qa6 Nd5 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qc7 0-1(23) Hancock Michael -- Hall Dick, 2002.
- 12.Qc6 N7b6 0-1(26) Hoogendoorn Albert -- Aigner Matthias, 2000.
- 5...h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.gxf5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Qxf5 9.Qb3+ Kg6 10.Qxb7 Nf6 11.Qxa8 Ng4 12.Be3 Nxe3 1-0(18) Sims Chris -- Dyer Todd, 1999.
- 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Ngxe4 Bb4 9.Ng3 Nd5 10.Bd2 1-0 Sadowski Jan -- Dolinski P, 1994.
- 12.Qe2 Be7 0-1(42) Kivijarvi Juha 2195 -- Karttunen Mika 2284, 1999.
- 5...Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 e6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.OOO Nbd7 10.Ncxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf6 12.Rd3 Qd5 1-0(39) Kuhn Norbert -- Kuempers Ulrich, 1996.
- 7.Qe2 Qxd4 8.Be3 Qe5 9.OOO h6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 0-1(28) Weidmann B -- Weber J, 1988.
7.g4 Bxg4 8.Be2 Bf5 9.f3 exf3 0-1 Ullmann Andreas -- Rueger Dietmar, 2002.
- 8...Bd6 9.Nf4 Qc7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Be2 Nbd5 0-1(21) Padalkina Anastasia -- Livensky Evgeniy, 2002.
- 12.Bb3 exf3 0-1(63) Amadou Myriam -- Bordi Kevin, 1996.
- 6.OO Bd6 7.Nc3 h6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 10.Kxh2 Qh4+ 11.Kg1 Qxe4 12.Re1 Qh4 1-0(41) Leib Britta 2040 -- Fett Sabine 1610, 2000.
6.c3 h6 7.Nh3 Be7 8.f3 exf3 9.Qxf3 Nbd7 10.OO Nb6 11.Nd2 OO 12.b4 a5 0-1(25) Lemos Artur -- Dias Antero, 2002.
- 6...b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Nd7 10.OO Bb7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bxe6 h5 =-=(28) Bax -- Schaedlich M, 1990.
- 12.Ba3 c4 0-1(31) Rahmat Rahim -- Wee Zhen Yang 2099, 2003.
- 12.Rad1 b6 0-1(52) Nakamura Clyde J -- Schiller Eric, 1994;
0-1(52) Keiper Archie -- Hall Gregory Kenneth, 2001.
- 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Nd7 10.c3 Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bf4 Bb7 1-0(59) Nakamura Clyde J -- Perry Patrick, 1986.
- 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 =-=(14) Simonsen Olavur 2183 -- Olsen Heini 2313, 2000;
=-=(14) Simonsen O 2146 -- Olsen H 2289, 2000.
