Opening Report
Database: IB109 (4,260,261 games)
Report: 1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qe2 (22 games)
ECO: A03 [Bird: Williams Gambit]
Generated by Scid 3.7, 2009.08.13
1. Statistics and History
1.1 Statistics
Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
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All report games 22 5 4 13 31.8%
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1.2 Oldest games
1: 0-1(18) Lembeye Michel -- Nurminen Jorma, 1990 [13]
2: 0-1(20) Daven Jeff -- McClain Jeff, 1998 [16]
3: 0-1(16) Hess Johan -- Spiess Gunter, 1998 [8]
4: 0-1(25) Hess Johan -- Kratzer Mario, 1998 [2]
5: 1-0(22) Daven Jeff -- Kohler Dennis R, 1998 [1]
1.3 Newest games
1: =-=(40) Thonig Manfred (GER) 1728 -- Pixa Richard 1381, Berlin (Germany) 2008.08.21 [9]
2: 0-1(32) Bauer Alfred 1400 -- Vogelgesang Marc 1594, Frankfurt (Germany) 2008.06.02 [4]
3: 0-1(40) Thonig Manfred -- Rychlik Kurt, 2004 [17]
4: 1-0(21) Thonig Manfred -- Tessmer Hans Peter, 2004 [1]
5: 1-0(76) Thonig Manfred -- Donner Ernst, 2003 [16]
1.4 Current popularity
Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games --- --- --- --- --- 180897 144990
Frequency in all years: once every 193648 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 144990 games (up 34% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 382089 games (down 48% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 110395 games (up 75% from all years)
1.5 Most frequent players (White)
| 1: | 7 | 2003-2004 | 43% | 1913 | Thonig Manfred [1,3,5,6,15,16,17] |
| 2: | 4 | 1999 | 25% | | Hanegby Avigdor [1,9,14] |
| 3: | 2 | 1998 | 50% | | Daven Jeff [1,16] |
| 4: | 2 | 1998 | 0% | | Hess Johan [2,8] |
| 5: | 2 | 2001 | 50% | | Clews Bill [7,12] |
| 6: | 1 | 2008 | 50% | 1728 | Thonig Manfred (GER) [9] |
1.6 Most frequent players (Black)
| 1: | 1 | 2001 | 50% | 2290 | Koenig Da [10] |
| 2: | 1 | 2003 | 100% | 1965 | Wolf Alfred [6] |
| 3: | 1 | 2008 | 100% | 1594 | Vogelgesang Marc [4] |
| 4: | 1 | 2008 | 50% | 1381 | Pixa Richard [9] |
| 5: | 1 | 1999 | 100% | | Marfia Jim [9] |
| 6: | 1 | 1998 | 100% | | Spiess Gunter [8] |
2. Ratings and Performance
2.1 Average ratings and performance
White rating: 1739 (4 games); White performance: 1615 (25% vs 1808)
Black rating: 1808 (4 games); Black performance: 2075 (88% vs 1739)
2.2 Games with highest average rating
1: =-=(19) Lauche Christoph -- Koenig Da 2290, 2001 [10]
2: 0-1(40) Thonig Manfred -- Rychlik Kurt, 2004 [17]
3: 0-1(75) Thonig Manfred 1913 -- Wolf Alfred 1965, 2003 [6]
4: 0-1(48) Thonig Manfred -- Fels Karl Heinz, 2003 [15]
5: 0-1(24) Thonig Manfred 1913 -- Hartmann Rudi, 2003 [5]
6: 1-0(76) Thonig Manfred -- Donner Ernst, 2003 [16]
7: 1-0(53) Thonig Manfred -- Luebbers Doris, 2003 [3]
8: =-=(40) Thonig Manfred (GER) 1728 -- Pixa Richard 1381, Berlin (Germany) 2008 [9]
3. Result Trends
3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1-0 =-= 0-1 1-0 =-= 0-1
Report games 31.8% 42 24 34 22.7% 18.1% 59.0%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.7% 30.3% 30.8%
3.2 Shortest wins (White)
1: 1-0(21) Thonig Manfred -- Tessmer Hans Peter, 2004 [1]
2: 1-0(22) Daven Jeff -- Kohler Dennis R, 1998 [1]
3: 1-0(38) Clews Bill -- Healy John, 2001 [7]
4: 1-0(53) Thonig Manfred -- Luebbers Doris, 2003 [3]
5: 1-0(76) Thonig Manfred -- Donner Ernst, 2003 [16]
3.3 Shortest wins (Black)
1: 0-1(16) Hess Johan -- Spiess Gunter, 1998 [8]
2: 0-1(17) Clews Bill -- Mlinaric Michael, 2001 [12]
3: 0-1(18) Hanegby Avigdor -- Newman Nelson, 1999 [14]
4: 0-1(18) Lembeye Michel -- Nurminen Jorma, 1990 [13]
5: 0-1(20) Daven Jeff -- McClain Jeff, 1998 [16]
4. Moves and Themes
4.1 Move orders reaching the report position
There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qe2 (21)
2: 1.e4 d5 2.f4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qe2 (1)
4.2 Moves from the report position
Move ECO Frequency Score AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
1: Qd4 7: 31.8% 21.4% 1999 14%
2: Nc6 5: 22.7% 20.0% 2002 40%
3: g6 3: 13.6% 33.3% 2001 0%
4: c6 2: 9.0% 50.0% 2001 0%
5: e6 2: 9.0% 0.0% 2006 0%
6: Nbd7 1: 4.5% 50.0% 1999 100%
7: Bg4 1: 4.5% 100.0% 1998 0%
8: Bf5 1: 4.5% 100.0% 2004 0%
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TOTAL: 22:100.0% 31.8% 2001 18%
4.3 Positional Themes
Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
| Same-side castling: | 50% | White Isolated Queen Pawn: | 27% |
| Opposite castling: | 5% | Black Isolated Queen Pawn: | 0% |
| Kingside pawn storm: | 45% | White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: | 32% |
| Queens exchanged: | 36% | Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: | 100% |
| Only one side has Bishop pair: | 0% | Open c/d/e file: | 59% |
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 | 5% | 5% | 5% | 45% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 36% |
| All games | 3% | 10% | 9% | 25% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 43% |
5. Theory Table
1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qe2: +5 =4 -13 (7/22: 32%)
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|
| 1 |
Qe2
c61 |
Nxe4
Nxe4 |
Qxe4
Qd52 |
Qe3
Qe6 |
d4
Qxe3+ |
Bxe3
Bf5 |
OOO
g6 |
h3
Be43 |
5: 70% |
|---|
| 2 |
...
e6 |
Nxe4
Be74 |
Nf3
OO |
d4
b6 |
Bd2
Bb7 |
Nxf6+
Bxf6 |
c3
Nd7 |
g3
c55 |
2: 0% |
|---|
| 3 |
...
g6 |
Nxe4
Nbd76 |
Nf37
Bg7 |
d3
OO |
g3
Nxe4 |
dxe4
b6 |
Bg2
Nc5 |
OO
Ba68 |
3: 33% |
|---|
| 4 |
...
Nc6 |
Nxe4
Nxe49 |
Qxe4
e6 |
Bb5
Bd7 |
c3
Bd6 |
d4
OO |
Nf3
Qf6 |
OO
Rab810 |
3: 33% |
|---|
| 5 |
...
... |
...
Nd5 |
c311
Nxf4 |
Qf3
e5 |
d4
Ng6 |
d5
Nce7 |
Bb5+
Bd7 |
Ng5
f612 |
2: 0% |
|---|
| 6 |
...
Qd4 |
h3
Nc613 |
g4
Nb4 |
d3
exd3 |
cxd3
Nfd5 |
Nf3
Qc5 |
Nxd5
Qxd5 |
d4
h514 |
3: 17% |
|---|
| 7 |
...
... |
Qb5+
c6 |
Qb315
Nbd716 |
Nge2
Qd6 |
g3
Nc5 |
Qc4
Be6 |
Qd4
Rd8 |
Qxd6
exd617 |
4: 25% |
|---|
- 4...Bf5 5.Qb5+ Qd7 6.Qxb7 c6 7.Qxa8 Qc7 8.Ba6 e6 9.Qb7 Qxb7 10.Bxb7 Bc5 11.Nge2 OO 12.Na4 Bd6 1-0(21) Thonig Manfred -- Tessmer Hans Peter, 2004.
4...Nbd7 5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Nf6 7.Qf3 c6 8.Bc4 g6 9.Qb3 Nd5 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.OO OO 12.d4 b5 =-=(19) Hanegby Avigdor -- Hubley Roger, 1999.
4...Bg4 5.Qb5+ Nbd7 6.Qxb7 c6 7.Qxc6 Qb6 8.Qxa8+ Nb8 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 Qc6 11.Qxc6+ Nxc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 1-0(22) Daven Jeff -- Kohler Dennis R, 1998.
- 6...Nd7 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Bf5 9.b3 g6 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.g3 OO 12.d4 Re8 0-1(25) Hess Johan -- Kratzer Mario, 1998.
- 12.Rh2 Bg7 1-0(53) Thonig Manfred -- Luebbers Doris, 2003.
- 5...Nbd7 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.Qc4 Qd6 9.d4 Be7 10.Be2 OO 11.OO a6 12.a4 b5 0-1(32) Bauer Alfred 1400 -- Vogelgesang Marc 1594, Frankfurt (Germany) 2008.
- 12.Be3 cxd4 0-1(24) Thonig Manfred 1913 -- Hartmann Rudi, 2003.
- 5...Bg7 6.Nf3 OO 7.c3 Nc6 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Bd3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Nce7 0-1(75) Thonig Manfred 1913 -- Wolf Alfred 1965, 2003.
- 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nf3 OO 8.Nf2 b6 9.c3 c5 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Qc7 12.g3 Bb7 1-0(38) Clews Bill -- Healy John, 2001.
- 12.c4 Qd3 0-1(16) Hess Johan -- Spiess Gunter, 1998.
- 5...e6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.d4 OO 9.Neg5 h6 10.Ne4 Nd5 11.g3 Bf6 12.Bh3 Qe7 =-=(40) Thonig Manfred (GER) 1728 -- Pixa Richard 1381, Berlin (Germany) 2008.
5...Nd4 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.Qd1 Qd5 8.d3 e5 9.c3 Bg4 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.fxe5 fxe5 12.Qc2 Rg8 0-1(50) Hanegby Avigdor -- Marfia Jim, 1999.
- 12.Bd2 Rfd8 =-=(19) Lauche Christoph -- Koenig Da 2290, 2001.
- 6.Nf3 Nxf4 7.Qf2 Qd5 8.d3 e5 9.Nxe5 Nxd3+ 10.Bxd3 Nxe5 11.OO Nxd3 12.cxd3 Be7 0-1(61) Taylor Terry -- Bartsch Marius, 2002.
- 12.Ne6 Qc8 0-1(17) Clews Bill -- Mlinaric Michael, 2001.
- 5...h5 6.Qb5+ c6 7.Qe5 Qd6 8.Bc4 Nbd7 9.Qg5 b5 10.Bb3 h4 11.g4 hxg3 12.d3 exd3 0-1(18) Lembeye Michel -- Nurminen Jorma, 1990.
- 12.gxh5 Bf5 0-1(18) Hanegby Avigdor -- Newman Nelson, 1999.
11...Bd7 12.Bg2 Bb5 =-=(20) Hanegby Avigdor -- Bonthuis Sibbele, 1999.
- 6.Nge2 Qd6 7.Qb3 b5 8.Ng3 Qd4 9.Nce2 Qb6 10.h3 Be6 11.Qe3 Bd5 12.Qxb6 axb6 0-1(48) Thonig Manfred -- Fels Karl Heinz, 2003.
- 6...Ng4 7.Nh3 e6 8.Ne2 Qc5 9.c3 Be7 10.Qc2 f5 11.b4 Qb6 12.a4 OO 1-0(76) Thonig Manfred -- Donner Ernst, 2003.
6...e6 7.Nh3 Bd6 8.Be2 Nd5 9.Nf2 e3 10.dxe3 Nxe3 11.Bxe3 Qxe3 12.g3 OO 0-1(20) Daven Jeff -- McClain Jeff, 1998.
- 12.b4 Ncd7 0-1(40) Thonig Manfred -- Rychlik Kurt, 2004.
