Bello Gambit

N B Qxf3 Qf6 7.Nc3 (30 games)

Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games)
Report: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. f3 g5 4. c4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.
ECO: C37 [KGA: Muzio Gambit]
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0.1 Statistics and History
0.1.1 Statistics
1 1
Games 1:0 :
2 2
0:1 Score
All report games 30 10 6 14 43.3%

0.1.2 Oldest games

1: 1:0(41) Fruth Manuel – Heesen Jos HW, 1999 11
2: : (24) Lagemann Tobias – Ball, 2000 15
1 1
2 2
3: 0:1(31) Efendiyev – Kuiper Bert, 2000 14
4: 1:0(23) Daverio Franco – Kaus Frank, 2000 13
5: : (30) Quednau – Grobler, 2001 19
1 1
2 2
6: 0:1(38) Ball – Bruening Ralf, 2001 19
7: 0:1(32) Ball – Ohnmacht, 2001 18
8: 1:0(31) Ball – Lagemann Tobias, 2001 17

0.1.3 Newest games

1: 0:1(55) Marchisotti 2259 – Pintor 2213, ICCF 2007.05.25 17
2: 0:1(31) Grobler – Hartmann Per, 2002 19
3: 0:1(39) Grobler – Turko, 2002 14
4: 0:1(49) Grobler – Newton Hobart E, 2002 14
5: 0:1(36) Ball J 2230 – Rizouk 2406, 2001.04 1
6: : (30) Quednau – Grobler, 2001 19
1 1
2 2
7: 0:1(38) Ball – Bruening Ralf, 2001 19
8: 0:1(32) Ball – Ohnmacht, 2001 18
0.1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games — — — — — 1594679 66342
Frequency in all years: once every 146638 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 313830 games (down 52% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 653172 games (down 77% 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: 7 2000–2001 57% Lagemann Tobias 4,5,6,9,15,16,17

2: 5 2001 40% Ball, Joerg 2,10,17,18,19
3: 3 2002 0% Grobler, David J 14,19
4: 2 2001 50% Hanison, Bernard 1,8
5: 2 2001 50% Rennert Ralf 9,16
6: 1 2007 0% 2259 Marchisotti, Mauro Dr 17

0.1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 2 2001 50% Blankenberg Bruno 6,13

2: 2 2001 0% Rennert Ralf 9,10
3: 2 2001 50% Lagemann Tobias 16,17
4: 2 2000–2001 25% Ball, Joerg 4,15
5: 2 2001 75% Ohnmacht, Rolf 16,18
6: 2 2001 50% Buenjer Carsten 2,9

0.2 Ratings and Performance

0.2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2245 (2 games); White performance: 1311 (0% vs 2310)

Black rating: 2310 (2 games); Black performance: 3244 (100% vs 2245)

0.2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0:1(36) Ball J 2230 – Rizouk 2406, 2001 1

2: 1:0(41) Hanison – Malmstroem, 2001 1
3: 0:1(55) Marchisotti 2259 – Pintor 2213, ICCF 2007 17
4: 0:1(11) Kishinevsky – Pott, 2001 3
5: 0:1(39) Grobler – Turko, 2002 14
6: 0:1(32) Ball – Ohnmacht, 2001 18
7: 0:1(31) Efendiyev – Kuiper Bert, 2000 14
8: : (31) Santhosh – Pleijsier Hans, 2001 12
1 1
2 2
0.3 Result Trends
0.3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1:0 12 : 12 0:1 1:0 1 1
:
2 2
0:1
Report games 43.3% 26 29 33 33.3% 20.0% 46.6%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.6% 30.5% 30.7%

0.3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1:0(16) Boronka Joseph – Blankenberg Bruno, 2001 13
2: 1:0(16) Lagemann Tobias – Rennert Ralf, 2001 9
3: 1:0(16) Rennert Ralf – Buenjer Carsten, 2001 9
4: 1:0(23) Daverio Franco – Kaus Frank, 2000 13
5: 1:0(26) Lagemann Tobias – Ball, 2001 4

0.3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0:1(11) Kishinevsky – Pott, 2001 3
2: 0:1(17) Blankenberg Bruno – Holzhauser Alexander, 2001 7
3: 0:1(27) Ball – Buenjer Carsten, 2001 2
4: 0:1(28) Lagemann Tobias – Blankenberg Bruno, 2001 6
5: 0:1(31) Efendiyev – Kuiper Bert, 2000 14

0.4 Moves and Themes

0.4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

N B Qxf3 Qf6 7.Nc3 (30)

There was only one move order reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. f3 g5 4. c4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.

0.4.2 Moves from the report position

Move ECO Frequency Score µElo Perf µYear % Draws
Q
N
1 d4+ 28: 93.3% 42.8% 2001 21%
2 e7 2: 6.6% 50.0% 2001 0%
Total 30:100.0% 43.3% 2001 20%

0.4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 3% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 3%
Opposite castling: 13% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 23%
Kingside pawn storm: 10% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 57%
Queens exchanged: 93% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 100%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 13% Open c/d/e file: 70%
0.4.4 Endgames

R Q QR
Material at the end of each game:

p BN R BN Q BN QR BN
Report games 0% 3% 3% 27% 0% 3% 0% 63%
All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%
 0.5 Theory Table
N B
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. f3 g5 4. c4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6. xf3 Q Q
f6 7. c3: N
+10 =6 –14 (13/30: 43%)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
N K N Bxf42
Q Q Q B
1 c3 h1 d5 d3 4: 25%
d4+1 xc4 d6 c6 e63
d44 N
xf46 R
Q N Q Q
2 ... ... ... b3 f2 d5 4: 38%
5
... ... ... xc2 a6 h5 c6 d77
N Q Q B B
Q N N K Q B
3 ... ... b3 d5 xf4 xf7+ b2 xh8 5: 80%
... ... c68 f69 xd5 d8 g6 d610
N e511 B R Q
Q B Q K Q Q
4 ... ... ... d5 a3 ae1 c3 7: 50%
... ... e6 d6 xe512 d8 g513 xd514
B N
N Q
5 ... ... ... ... b2 e5 xf4 exf6 3: 33%
... ... ... a6 f6 c615 f7 d616
N R
Q N
6 ... ... ... ... ... xf4 e5 ae1 4: 38%
... ... ... ... ... f7 c517 c618

N
7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3: 17%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... e619

1
N B Q N 15.d5 Qa6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Rxc7 Bxg5
N B B 18.dxe6 Nh6 19.exf7+ Kd8 20.Rxb7 Qxb7
7... e7 8.d3 h6 9.e5 f5 10.d4 bc6

N B Q Q B K 21.f8Q+ Rxf8 22.Qxf8+ Kd7 23.Qg7+ Be7

11. e2 d5 12.exd6 cxd6 13. xf4 xf4

N K Q Q Q K 24.Qxh6 Qxb3 0:1(28) Lagemann Tobias –

14. xf4 d7 15. c3 a5 16. xf7+ xf7

Q R Q Q Q R
17. g6+ xg6 18. g3+ g5 19. xd6+ g7

R R R K
20. xd7 hd8 21. e6 g6 22. b3 xd4 Blankenberg Bruno, 2001.
15.Bb2 Rh7 16.Ne6 Qe7 17.Qg3 f6 0:1
B B Q
23. f2 f8 24. xf8 xf8 0:1(36) Ball J 2230 7

Q R N R N B
– Rizouk 2406, 2001; 9. xf4 xf4 10. xf4 Blankenberg Bruno – Holzhauser Alexander,

K B N R R N
xf4 11. xf4 bc6 12. af1 d4 13. xf7+ 2001.

N N N R N
d8 14. h5 g6 15. f6 c6 16. 1f2 e5 8
Q B R Q Q
N Q K Q
9... d4 10. b2 f6 11. ab1 d6 12.e5 c6
N N B B B
17. d1 b6 18.c3 e6 19.d4 d3 20. 2f3 c1
B Q Q B Q
13. d5 f5 14.e6 dxe6 15. h5+ d8 16. f7
21.d5 g7 22.d6 e6 23. g4 a6 24. xe6
B R N B K B
exd5 17. xh8 e8 18. xg8 e6 19. xh7
dxe6 1:0(41) Hanison – Malmstroem, 2001.
11.Nxf4 Qd7 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.Bd2 Bg7 Q K B B
d6 20. be1 c6 21. f6+ c8 22. g5 b6
2

14.Rae1 h5 15.c3 Ne5 16.Qg3 Rh7 17.d4

23. h6 d7 24. xf4 f8 0:1(41) Hanison –

Ng6 18.Qf3 c6 19.Ne3 h4 20.Nf5 Bf6 Holzhauser Alexander, 2001.

10...Bh6 11.Bb2 f6 12.Qh5+ Kd8 13.Nxf6
21.Qf4 Be7 22.Qg4 Nh6 23.Qh5 Qe6 24.e5
9

Nxf6 14.Qxh6 Ke8 15.Rxf4 Rf8 16.Raf1

d5 0:1(27) Ball – Buenjer Carsten, 2001.
Qa6 17.Bxf6 d6 18.Qh5+ Kd7 19.d4 Kc6
20.d5+ Kc5 21.b4+ Kxb4 22.Rb1+ Kc5
3
0:1 Kishinevsky – Pott, 2001.
4
N R Q B Q 23.Qf3 Rxf6 24.Qc3+ Qc4 1:0(26) Suc –
K N N R N
11.d3 a6 12. f2 c6 13. b2 f6 14. h5+

R B Q B
d8 15. xf6 e7 16. c2 c5 17.b4 b6 Vandersluys Paul, 2001.
10...f6 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Rxf4 b5
B R Q Q
18.bxc5 dxc5 19. d1 g7 20. h4 xf6
14.Raf1 Bb7 15.Nxf6 Nxf6 16.Bxf6 1:0
B
21. xf6 e8 22.d4 c4 23.d5 c5 24. xf4
d7 1:0(26) Lagemann Tobias – Ball, 2001.
Q B Q R K
Lagemann Tobias – Rennert Ralf, 2001.
10...Bd6 11.Bb2 f6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Nxf6
5

B B N Q N
11... c6 12. xf4 d7 13. ae1 d8 14.e5

N N B R R Q
e7 15. g3 a6 16.exd6 cxd6 17. xf7 c7 Nxf6 14.Bxf6 Be7 15.Bxe7+ Kxe7 16.Qe5+
B R Q N Q K
18. xe7 xe7 19. h4 e8 20. xe7 xe7 Qe6 1:0 Rennert Ralf – Buenjer Carsten, 2001.
15.exd5 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Qxg6 hxg6
Q
21. xe7+ xe7 22. g8+ e8 23. g5 d7 10

18.Rf6 Kc7 19.Rxg6 b5 20.Rg8 a5 21.a4

24. g4+ 21 : 12 Lagemann Tobias – Hanison,

6
2001.
B B R Q N N
12. xf4 e6 13. ac1 xa2 14. xc7+ xc7
Rb8 22.h4 Be7 23.h5 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Rb5
 Bd6 17.Ne7 Nh6 18.Nd5 c6 19.Re7 Bxe7
20.fxe7+ Ke8 21.Qxh5 cxd5 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
1:0(31) Ball – Rennert Ralf, 2001.
11
B N N Q 23.g4 Nxg4 24.Ba3 Nf2+ : (35) Lagemann
R K B Q R
11. b2 f6 12.d4 e7 13.c4 xd5 14.exd5 f5
1 1

N Q N B
15. ae1+ d8 16.c5 e7 17. e2 e8 18.d6 2 2
Tobias – Quednau, 2001.
Q Q R Q 15.d4 Na6 16.exf6+ Kd8 17.d5 Nc7 18.Re7
c6 19.d5 xd5 20.dxe7+ xe7 21. xf6
18

Nxe7 19.fxe7+ Qxe7 20.Bxh8 Ne8 21.Nh5

xc5 22.b4 d6 23. xf4 c5 24. e3 b6

Bh6 22.Bc3 Bg5 23.Ng3 Qe3 24.Qxe3

1:0(41) Fruth Manuel – Heesen Jos HW, 1999.
11...Bxe5 12.d4 Kd8 13.dxe5 Ne7 14.c4 Nxd5
Bxe3 0:1(32) Ball – Ohnmacht, 2001.
12

15.cxd5 Qh6 16.Bxf4 Qg7 17.Bg3 Rf8

18.Bh4+ Ke8 19.Rae1 Qh6 20.Re4 b6
21.Rf4 Ba6 22.e6 dxe6 23.dxe6 Bxf1 24.Qxa8
Bxg2+ : (31) Santhosh – Pleijsier Hans, 2001.
1 1
13...Qg7 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Qxf4 f6 16.Qxd6
2 2
19
15.exf6 Nh6 16.d4 Kd8 17.Nxe6+ dxe6 18.d5
e5 19.Rxe5 Bg4 20.Qf4 Rg8 21.Re7 Bxe7
22.fxe7+ Ke8 23.Qa4+ b5 24.Qxb5+ Bd7
0:1(31) Grobler – Hartmann Per, 2002; 15...Bd6

16.d4 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Kd8 18.Qg3 d5 19.c4

13

Na6 17.Rf3 Qf7 18.Rc3 Nh6 19.Re7 Qxd5 Nxf6 20.Qe5 Rf8 21.Ba3 c5 22.cxd5 Nc7
20.Rxc8+ Kxc8 21.Qxd5 Rd8 22.Rxh7 Nc7
23.Qd3 1:0 Daverio Franco – Kaus Frank, 2000; 23.dxc5 Re8 24.Qd6+ Bd7 : (30) Quednau –
1 1

Grobler, 2001; 15...h5 16.d4 Kd8 17.Nd3 d6

2 2

18.c4 Rh6 19.d5 Nc5 20.Nf4 Bg4 21.Qc3 a5

1:0 Boronka Joseph – Blankenberg Bruno, 2001.
15.Qxh8 Qg5 16.Bb2 c5 17.Bg7 Kc7
22.a3 h4 23.h3 Bf5 24.Qf3 Kc8 0:1(38) Ball –
14

18.Qxg8 Qg6 19.Re8 Nc6 20.Bf8 Bxf8

21.Rxf8 Qxc2 22.Rxf7 Qxd2 23.Qxh7 Qxa2
Bruening Ralf, 2001.
24.Qf5 Qxb3 0:1(39) Grobler – Turko, 2002;
21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Rxf8 Nd8 23.Re1 b5
24.Re5 Ne6 0:1(31) Efendiyev – Kuiper Bert,
2000; 18...b6 19.Qxf7 Bb7 20.Rf2 Nc6
21.Bf6 Qg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 f3
24.Rxf3 Nb4 0:1(49) Grobler – Newton Hobart
E, 2002.
15
12...Qf7 13.Rae1 Kd8 14.Nxf4 c6 15.exf6 d5
16.Nd3 Bd6 17.Be5 Bb8 18.Qf4 Nc7
19.Bd6 Ne6 20.Ne5 Qh5 21.f7 Bxd6
22.fxg8Q+ Rxg8 23.Nf7+ Kc7 24.Qxd6+ : 1 1
2 2
Lagemann Tobias – Ball, 2000.
16
15.d4 Nc7 16.Rae1+ Kd8 17.d5 cxd5 18.Qg3
Nh6 19.Re7 Bxe7 20.fxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bxh8
Bf5 22.Nh5 Ne8 23.Qf4 Nf7 24.Qxf5 Nxh8
1 1
: (32) Lagemann Tobias – Ohnmacht, 2001.
15.Rae1+ Kd8 16.Qg3 Nh6 17.Re7 Nf5
2 2

18.Qc3 Nxe7 19.fxe7+ Bxe7 20.Qxh8+ Kd7

21.Kg1 b6 22.c4 Bb7 23.Qc3 Rf8 24.Qh3+
Ke8 0:1(37) Rennert Ralf – Lagemann Tobias,
2001.
17
13...c6 14.exf6 d6 15.d4 d5 16.Rae1+ Kd8
17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Bc1 Nb4 19.Ne5 Bxe5
20.Rxe5 Bd7 21.Qg3 h6 22.Ba3 c5 23.dxc5
Nc6 24.Ree1 Kc8 0:1(55) Marchisotti 2259 –
Pintor 2213, ICCF 2007.
13...d6 14.exf6 c6 15.Rae1+ Kd8 16.Qg3 Nh6
17.Re7 Nf5 18.Rxf7 Nxg3+ 19.hxg3 Ke8
20.Rxb7 Bxb7 21.f7+ Kxf7 22.Bxh8 Kg8
23.Bb2 Nc5 24.Nh5 Ba6 1:0(31) Ball –
Lagemann Tobias, 2001.
13...Kd8 14.Rae1 h5 15.exf6 Rh7 16.Ng6