FICGS - Wikichess - Article 611

Czech problemist Karel Traxler played first 4...Bc5!? in Reinisch–Traxler, Prague 1890.

Marshall analyzed the variation and named it after the town Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Today this variation is known as both the Traxler Variation and the Wilkes-Barre Variation.

Traxler counter-attack is rarely played at a grandmaster level, but Beliavsky and Shirov have played it occasionally, sometimes in top competition.

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Contributors : Adrian Tan, Thibault de Vassal

[ECO "C57"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [Variation "Wilkes Barre (Traxler) variation"]

Nxf7 : 51 games, White ELO av : 1614, Black ELO av : 1639
1-0 : 56.9% , 1/2-1/2 : 11.8% , 0-1 : 31.4%

Bxf7+ : 36 games, White ELO av : 1742, Black ELO av : 1819
1-0 : 57.1% , 1/2-1/2 : 17.1% , 0-1 : 25.7%

d4 : 8 games, White ELO av : 1542, Black ELO av : 1800
1-0 : 37.5% , 1/2-1/2 : 25% , 0-1 : 37.5%

d3 : 4 games, White ELO av : 1209, Black ELO av : 1470
1-0 : 50% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 50%

c3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1800, Black ELO av : 1421
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

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