Arafat Gambit

N N B N Bg5 (6 games)
Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games)
Report: 1.d4 f6 2.e4 xe4 3. d3 f6 4.
ECO: A45a [Indian: Omega Gambit]
Generated by Scid 4.2.2, 2011.02.15

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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 6 2 0 4 33.3%

0.1.2 Oldest games

1: 0:1(33) Fleureau Gina – Weichert-Jorger, 1978 3
2: 1:0(30) Arafat A M – Awobokun, 1980 5
3: 1:0(30) Arafat Abdel Malik – Awabokui, 1980 5
4: 0:1(38) Lambert Tony – White Kenneth, 1993 1
5: 0:1(27) Krimmel J – Duncan R, 1998 2
6: 0:1(51) Zhugan Vladimir – Kovaleva 2054, Yuzhny (Ukraine) 2008.09.22 4

0.1.3 Newest games

1: 0:1(51) Zhugan Vladimir – Kovaleva 2054, Yuzhny (Ukraine) 2008.09.22 4
2: 0:1(27) Krimmel J – Duncan R, 1998 2
3: 0:1(38) Lambert Tony – White Kenneth, 1993 1
4: 1:0(30) Arafat A M – Awobokun, 1980 5
5: 1:0(30) Arafat Abdel Malik – Awabokui, 1980 5
6: 0:1(33) Fleureau Gina – Weichert-Jorger, 1978 3

0.1.4 Current popularity

Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games — — — 163571 178441 797339 1923931
 Frequency in all years: once every 733192 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 1569152 games (down 52% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 653172 games (up 12% 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: 1 1980 100% Arafat Abdel Malik 5
2: 1 1978 0% Fleureau Gina 3
3: 1 1980 100% Arafat A M 5
4: 1 1993 0% Lambert Tony 1
5: 1 1998 0% Krimmel J 2
6: 1 2008 0% Zhugan Vladimir 4

0.1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 1 2008 100% 2054 Kovaleva, Marianna 4
2: 1 1978 100% Weichert-Jorger, Hannelore 3
3: 1 1980 0% Awabokui 5
4: 1 1980 0% Awobokun 5
5: 1 1998 100% Duncan R 2
6: 1 1993 100% White Kenneth 1

0.2 Ratings and Performance

0.2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 0 (0 games); White performance: 1055 (0% vs 2054)
Black rating: 2054 (1 games); Black performance: 0 (0% vs 0)

0.2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0:1(33) Fleureau Gina – Weichert-Jorger, 1978 3
2: 0:1(51) Zhugan Vladimir – Kovaleva 2054, Yuzhny (Ukraine) 2008 4
3: 1:0(30) Arafat A M – Awobokun, 1980 5
4: 1:0(30) Arafat Abdel Malik – Awabokui, 1980 5
5: 0:1(27) Krimmel J – Duncan R, 1998 2
6: 0:1(38) Lambert Tony – White Kenneth, 1993 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 33.3% 30 0 37 33.3% 0.0% 66.6%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.6% 30.5% 30.7%
0.3.2 Shortest wins (White)
1: 1:0(30) Arafat A M – Awobokun, 1980 5
2: 1:0(30) Arafat Abdel Malik – Awabokui, 1980 5

0.3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0:1(27) Krimmel J – Duncan R, 1998 2
2: 0:1(33) Fleureau Gina – Weichert-Jorger, 1978 3
3: 0:1(38) Lambert Tony – White Kenneth, 1993 1
4: 0:1(51) Zhugan Vladimir – Kovaleva 2054, Yuzhny (Ukraine) 2008 4

0.4 Moves and Themes

0.4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

N N B N B
There were 2 move orders reaching this position:

N N B N B
1: 1.d4 f6 2.e4 xe4 3. d3 f6 4. g5 (5)
2: 1.e4 f6 2.d4 xe4 3. d3 f6 4. g5 (1)

0.4.2 Moves from the report position

Move ECO Frequency Score µElo Perf µYear % Draws
1 e6 4: 66.6% 50.0% 1987 0%
2 g6 2: 33.3% 0.0% 1996 0%
Total 6: 100.0% 33.3% 1990 0%

0.4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 100% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 33%
Opposite castling: 0% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 0%
Kingside pawn storm: 0% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 33%
Queens exchanged: 50% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 0%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 0% Open c/d/e file: 83%

0.4.4 Endgames

R Q QR
Material at the end of each game:

p BN R BN Q BN QR BN
Report games 17% 0% 17% 33% 0% 0% 0% 33%
All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%
 0.5 Theory Table
N N
1.d4 f6 2.e4 xe4 3. Bd3 Nf6 4.Bg5: +2 =0 –4 (2/6: 33%)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
B B Nf3 c4 Nc3 Bxc4
Bg7 d5 B N
1 g5 xf6 OO d5 1: 0%
g6 exf6 dxc4 OO g4 d71
Be2 Nbd2 OO B N
Qe7+ Qb4+ Qxb2 Bg7 Q
2 ... ... ... d3 c4 1: 0%
... ... OO b42
N Ngf3 c4 B R
B R
3 ... d2 cxd5 OO f4 e1 1: 0%
e6 e7 d5 OO exd5 h6 c6 e83
N Bf4 Nc3 Re1 N
B Bb7 Nc6 N
4 ... f3 OO a3 e4 1: 0%
... e7 h6 b6 OO xe44
Nbd2 Bxe7 N Q
Nc6 Ng4 d5 Qxe7 N
5 ... ... h4 c3 g5 e2 2: 100%
... ... f6 e55

1
12.h3 Ne5 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 f5 15.Rc1
Qg5 16.Nb5 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bxb2 18.Rxc7
a6 19.Nc3 Rac8 20.d6 Qd8 21.Qxb7 Bxc3
0:1(38) Lambert Tony – White Kenneth, 1993.
2
12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Re1 Qd8 14.Be4 d5 15.Bd3
dxc4 16.Bxc4 b6 17.d5 Qd6 18.Nd4 a6
19.Rb3 Bh6 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Nf3 Bf4 0:1(27)
Krimmel J – Duncan R, 1998.
3
12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Ndf3 Nf8 14.Nxf7 Kxf7
15.Ne5+ Kg8 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Ng6 Nxg6
18.Bxg6 Bf7 19.Bf5 Bb4 20.Re2 Rxe2
21.Qxe2 Qe8 0:1(33) Fleureau Gina –
Weichert-Jorger, 1978.
4
12.Bxe4 f5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.c4 Bf6 15.Ne5
Bb7 16.Ng6 Re8 17.Be5 d6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6
19.Nf4 Re7 20.Qh5 Qxd4 21.Rxe6 Rxe6
0:1(51) Zhugan Vladimir – Kovaleva 2054,
Yuzhny (Ukraine) 2008.
5
N N Q B
R Q R N N
12.dxe5 xe5 13.OOO xd3+ 14. xd3 e6

R N R K Q K
15. he1 OOO 16. e3 d6 17. b3 h6 18. f3

R
e8 19. fd4 a6 20. b1 d6 21. a1
xa2+ 1:0(30) Arafat A M – Awobokun, 1980;
1:0(30) Arafat Abdel Malik – Awabokui, 1980.