Alekin Gambit (1)

N N N B Nb6 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5 (20 games)

Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games)
Report: 1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3. f3 d6 4.d4 g4 5.c4
ECO: B05c [Alekhine: Modern, Alekhine Variation]
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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 20 5 5 10 37.5%

0.1.2 Oldest games

1: 0:1(61) Thomas – Flohr, Hastings 1935 8
2: : (50) Alekhine – Euwe, Netherlands 1935.12.12 9
1 1
2 2
3: 1:0(52) Khasin – Cherepkov, Moscow 1949 10
4: : (24) Kaliwoda J – Arnlind, 1956 16
1 1
2 2
5: : (31) Kaliwoda – Arnlind, 1956 16
1 1
2 2
6: 0:1(32) Ruckschloss – Modr, Harrachov 1970 1
7: 0:1(42) De Ryke S – Giminez R, 1986 11
8: 1:0(39) Brueckner Joachim – Haack Karl, 1989 14

0.1.3 Newest games

1: 1:0(51) Mammadova 1965 – Sulamanidze 1831, Batumi GEO 2010.09.28 2
2: 0:1(43) Glazov 2028 – Schekoldin 2200, 2006 7
3: : (21) Heyn Ulrich – Mulde Ralf, 2005 13
1 1
2 2
4: 0:1(74) Rujevic 2296 – Jordan 2333, 2004 8
5: 0:1(40) Hornicek Ondrej – Vedral 2280, 2004 4
6: 1:0(24) Letort – Levers 2066, 2002 3
7: 0:1(48) Brozova – Mencner Tomas, 2001 12
8: 0:1(30) Miralles Brugues – Lopez Agustench, 1997 5
0.1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games — 25269 79724 163571 178441 318935 320655
Frequency in all years: once every 219957 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 261525 games (down 15% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 653172 games (down 65% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 100308 games (up 119% from all years)

0.1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 1 2004 0% 2296 Rujevic, Mirko 8

2: 1 1996 0% 2140 Barkwell, Michael C.(CAN) 15
3: 1 2006 0% 2028 Glazov, Anatoly 7
4: 1 2010 100% 1965 Mammadova, A 2
5: 1 1935 50% Alekhine, Alexander 9
6: 1 1935 0% Thomas, George Alan 8

0.1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 2 1956 50% Arnlind, Eric 16

2: 1 1996 100% 2360 Cody, Dr.Philip C.(CAN) 15
3: 1 2004 100% 2333 Jordan, William 8
4: 1 2004 100% 2280 Vedral, Oldrich 4
5: 1 2006 100% 2200 Schekoldin, Vladislav 7
6: 1 2002 0% 2066 Levers, Thierry 3

0.2 Ratings and Performance

0.2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2107 (4 games); White performance: 2053 (33% vs 2178)

Black rating: 2178 (6 games); Black performance: 2300 (75% vs 2107)

0.2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: : (50) Alekhine – Euwe, Netherlands 1935 9

1 1
2 2
2: 0:1(61) Thomas – Flohr, Hastings 1935 8
3: 1:0(52) Khasin – Cherepkov, Moscow 1949 10
4: 0:1(32) Ruckschloss – Modr, Harrachov 1970 1
5: 0:1(74) Rujevic 2296 – Jordan 2333, 2004 8
6: 0:1(30) Miralles Brugues – Lopez Agustench, 1997 5
7: 0:1(31) Barkwell 2140 – Cody 2360, ICCF Email 1996 15
8: 1:0(47) Voge – Barthel, 1997 1
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 37.5% 42 27 43 25.0% 25.0% 50.0%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.6% 30.5% 30.7%

0.3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1:0(24) Letort – Levers 2066, 2002 3
2: 1:0(39) Brueckner Joachim – Haack Karl, 1989 14
3: 1:0(47) Voge – Barthel, 1997 1
4: 1:0(51) Mammadova 1965 – Sulamanidze 1831, Batumi GEO 2010 2
5: 1:0(52) Khasin – Cherepkov, Moscow 1949 10

0.3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0:1(30) Miralles Brugues – Lopez Agustench, 1997 5
2: 0:1(31) Barkwell 2140 – Cody 2360, ICCF Email 1996 15
3: 0:1(32) Ruckschloss – Modr, Harrachov 1970 1
4: 0:1(38) Obkircher C – Drexel, 1996 6
5: 0:1(40) Hornicek Ondrej – Vedral 2280, 2004 4

0.4 Moves and Themes

0.4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

N N N N Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5 (12)

There were 3 move orders reaching this position:

N N N N Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5 (5)

1: 1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 b6 5. f3

N N N B Nb6 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5 (3)

2: 1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3.c4 b6 4.d4 d6 5. f3
3: 1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3.d4 d6 4. f3 g4 5.c4

0.4.2 Moves from the report position

Move ECO Frequency Score µElo Perf µYear % Draws

N
1 e4 11: 55.0% 36.3% 1974 36%

N
2 6d7 7: 35.0% 35.7% 2001 14%
3 d5 2: 10.0% 50.0% 1984 0%
Total 20:100.0% 37.5% 1984 25%

0.4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 50% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 45%
Opposite castling: 15% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 0%
Kingside pawn storm: 35% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100%
Queens exchanged: 10% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 25%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 5% Open c/d/e file: 80%
0.4.4 Endgames

R Q QR
Material at the end of each game:

p BN R BN Q BN QR BN
Report games 10% 5% 25% 35% 5% 5% 0% 15%
All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%
 0.5 Theory Table
1.e4 N f6 2.e5 N N
d5 3. f3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5:
+5 =5 –10 (7.5/20: 38%)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Q B Qb5+ Qxb7 Qxa8 Ba6 4: 75%
N N Qd7 Bxf3 Qc7 exd4
1 c5 b3 c4 gxf3
6d71 f62 e6 c6 3

N Q xe25 Qb5+ 6
B Qxb7 OO
B N Nd7 Nxe5 Qc8
2 ... xe5 dxe5 e3 5: 10%
4 7
... xe2 xe5 e6 c6
cxb68 B Qxf3 bxa7 Nc3 Qg4 4: 38%
B Nd7 Be7 OO
3 ... xf3 OO
9 10
e4 exf3 xf3 c6 e6
B e311 Nc3 2: 0%
Rxa7 R Be7
4 ... ... ... ... ... OO
12
... ... ... ... a5e6
13
N Qxb7 Be3 3: 50%
Nc6 axb6 N Be7
5 ... ... ... ... OO c3
14 15
... ... ... xd4
e5

Bc5
6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2: 50%
16
... ... ... ... ... ... ...

1
N N B Q N 12.Qxd4 Nxd4+ 13.Kd3 OOO 14.Kc3 Ne2+
N N N Q Q 15.Kc2 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Rd5 17.Kb3 e6
7... d5 8. xe5 xe2 9. xe2 d7 10.OO c6

Q N K N N 18.Nc3 Rxc5 19.Ne4 Rb5+ 20.Kc4 Rxb2

11. d2 xe5 12.dxe5 f4 13. e3 d4

B K B N 21.g3 h6 22.h3 Be7 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+

14. xd4 e2+ 15. h1 xd4 16. e4 f5

N K N B B K Kxd8 0:1(30) Miralles Brugues – Lopez

17.exf6 gxf6 18. d2 f7 19. c3 b5

R
20. g5+ g6 21. e6 h6 22. a5 f7

Q N
23. fe1 b6 24.cxb6 axb6 0:1(32) Ruckschloss – Agustench, 1997.
11.Nc3 Bxc5 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 OO
Q Q Q K Q N
Modr, Harrachov 1970; 9...c6 10. f3 f6 6

14.OO Nc6 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.a3 Rfd8 17.b4

N K N N Q N
11. b3 xd4 12. xf7+ d8 13. e6 bd7

K Q N Q Q B
14. f7+ c7 15. xh8 xc5 16. e3 d3+ Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.b5
Q K B Q R
17. f1 d7 18. c3 e5 19. h3 d4 20. e3 Nd4 21.h3 b6 22.Qe4 Nb3 23.Qb7 Na5
24.Qxa7 h6 0:1(38) Obkircher C – Drexel, 1996.
R N
c4 21. g1 b4 22. g3 g8 23.h3 g6
15.Qxc8+ Rxc8 16.b4 Be7 17.Nc3 f5
24. d1 h5 1:0(47) Voge – Barthel, 1997.
8...Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Qxa8
7

18.Rad1 Kf7 19.Rfe1 Rhd8 20.Bd4 Nc4

2

Nc2+ 12.Kd1 Qxa8 13.Bxa8 Nxa1 14.b4 a5 21.f3 Rb8 22.b5 Rxd4 23.bxc6 Bxc5 24.Kh1
15.bxa5 Nxc5 16.Bc6+ Kd8 17.Bb2 Nd3 Nd6 0:1(43) Glazov 2028 – Schekoldin 2200,
18.Bxa1 e6 19.Ke2 Nb4 20.Bb7 Bc5
21.Bxe5 f6 22.Rd1+ Bd6 23.Bxd6 cxd6
2006.
8.Ng5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd5 10.Qxe4 e6 11.Nc3
24.Rc1 Kd7 1:0(51) Mammadova 1965 –
8

Be7 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.OO

Sulamanidze 1831, Batumi GEO 2010.
15.OO Bxc5 16.Qb7 Qxb7 17.Bxb7 Nd5
Nc6 15.Nf3 OOO 16.Bd2 Bf6 17.Bc3 g5
18.h3 h5 19.Rad1 g4 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Nh2
3

18.Bd2 Kd7 19.Rc1 Bb6 20.b4 Kc7 21.Bxc6 Rdg8 22.g3 Nd8 23.Kg2 Ne6 24.Rh1 c6
Nxc6 22.b5 Nc3 23.Nxc3 dxc3 24.Rxc3 1:0
10.Nxe4 Nc6 11.Be3 g6 12.Nbc3 Bg7
0:1(61) Thomas – Flohr, Hastings 1935;
Letort – Levers 2066, 2002.
4
8...Nxe5 9.Bxg4 Nxg4 10.Qxg4 Nc6 11.Be3 13.Rd1 OO 14.OO e6 15.Qc4 f5 16.Bg5 Qd7
Qd7 12.Qg3 : Malik – Gal Sandor, 1995;
1 1
17.Ng3 f4 18.Nge4 h6 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bxg5
11...Nb4 12.Qe4 Qd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.OO hxg5 21.Nxg5 Rf5 22.h4 Bf6 23.Nce4 Bxg5
2 2

OOO 15.Nd2 e5 16.Nf3 f6 17.dxe5 Nxe3 24.Nxg5 Raf8 0:1(74) Rujevic 2296 – Jordan
18.fxe3 Bxc5 19.exf6 Bxe3+ 20.Kh1 gxf6
21.Rae1 Bc5 22.Re6 Rd6 23.Rxd6 Bxd6
2333, 2004.
10...axb6 11.Qxb7 Nd7 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bxe5
24.Nd2 Re8 0:1(40) Hornicek Ondrej – Vedral
9

Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bb4+ 15.Nc3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3

2280, 2004. OO 17.OO Qe7 18.Rfe1 Qc5 19.Re3 Ra3
5
9.Kxe2 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nc6 11.f4 Qd4 20.Qf3 Re8 21.h3 Ra5 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.Qc6
 Rc5 24.Qd7 g6 : (50) Alekhine – Euwe,
1 1
2 2
Netherlands 1935.
10
15.Bh6 Bf6 16.Rad1 Kh8 17.Bc1 Be7
18.Rd3 Ne5 19.dxe5 Qxd3 20.Be3 Qc2
21.Qc4 Rfd8 22.g3 c5 23.Rc1 Qf5 24.Nb5
Qxe5 1:0(52) Khasin – Cherepkov, Moscow
1949.
11
12.OO e6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Ne4 OO 15.Qg4
Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 f5 17.Qh3 fxe4 18.Qxe6+
Kh8 19.Qxe4 Ra5 20.g3 Nd7 21.Bd2 Rd5
22.Be3 Nf6 23.Qc2 Qd7 24.Kg2 Rh5
0:1(42) De Ryke S – Giminez R, 1986.
12
15.Qg3 OO 16.Rfe1 Bg5 17.Rad1 Bxe3
18.Qxe3 Nd7 19.Qd3 Nf6 20.Re5 Qc7
21.Qg3 Rd8 22.Rd3 Nd7 23.Rg5 Qxg3
24.Rdxg3 Rxg5 0:1(48) Brozova – Mencner
Tomas, 2001.
13
11.Nc3 axb6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Qe4 e5 14.Be3
Be7 15.OOO OO 16.Qxe5 Bf6 17.Qe4 Re8
18.Qd3 Nf5 19.Qxf5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rxa2
21.Qb1 Qa8 : Heyn Ulrich – Mulde Ralf,
1 1
2 2
2005.
14
11...Nxd4 12.Qxb7 axb6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bf4
Qc8 15.Qxb6 Ne6 16.Be5 f6 17.Bg3 Nd8
18.Qe3 e6 19.Ne4 Nb7 20.Qc3 Be7 21.Rfd1
OO 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Rd8 24.Ba3
Rxd1+ 1:0(39) Brueckner Joachim – Haack
Karl, 1989.
15
15.Nd5 OO 16.Qxc7 Qxd5 17.Qxe7 Rfe8
18.Qh4 Rxa2 19.Rxa2 Qxa2 20.Bxd4 Qa4
21.Re1 exd4 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.h3 Qe1+
24.Kh2 Qe5+ 0:1(31) Barkwell 2140 – Cody
2360, ICCF Email 1996.
16
15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qc6+ Kf8 17.Nb5 g6
18.Rfd1 Kg7 19.a3 Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6
21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Rxd4 Rhd8 23.Rad1 Rxd4
24.Rxd4 : Kaliwoda J – Arnlind, 1956;
1 1

20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qxf6+ Kxf6 22.Rxd4 Rhd8

2 2

23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Ra5 : (31)

1 1
2 2
Kaliwoda – Arnlind, 1956.