page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 981  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Staunton vs NN 1-0 25 1852 London B41 Sicilian, Kan 2. Meitner vs Anderssen 0-1 26 1873 Vienna B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Blackburne vs W Paulsen 1-0 52 1892 07.DSB-Kongress B41 Sicilian, Kan 4. Lasker vs NN 1-0 21 1898 SUI tour sim B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. G Marco vs Schlechter   ½-½ 30 1904 Cambridge Springs B41 Sicilian, Kan 6. H Suechting vs Von Gottschall ½-½ 17 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) B41 Sicilian, Kan 7. W Kunze vs A Sartori   0-1 40 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 8. Gajdos vs A Sartori   ½-½ 48 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 9. Vidmar vs A Sartori 1-0 36 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 10. F Englund vs A Sartori   1-0 30 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 11. G Marco vs Maroczy 1-0 13 1905 Ostend B41 Sicilian, Kan 12. Reti vs Tartakower 1-0 66 1914 Mannheim B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. Schlechter vs Mieses 1-0 29 1918 Berlin Four Masters B41 Sicilian, Kan 14. Olland vs V Sjoberg   ½-½ 92 1920 Goteborg B B41 Sicilian, Kan 15. A Kier vs T Aalheim   1-0 30 1920 Goteborg C B41 Sicilian, Kan 16. J Krejcik vs D Hell 1-0 44 1921 Vienna-A B41 Sicilian, Kan 17. Spielmann vs Tartakower ½-½ 22 1922 12, Teplitz-Schonau it GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 18. A Selezniev vs Z von Balla   ½-½ 28 1922 Bad Pistyan B41 Sicilian, Kan 19. Hromadka vs Tarrasch 1-0 27 1922 Bad Pistyan B41 Sicilian, Kan 20. G Marco vs A Selezniev   0-1 54 1922 Bad Pistyan B41 Sicilian, Kan 21. Spielmann vs Saemisch   ½-½ 20 1922 Bad Pistyan B41 Sicilian, Kan 22. Opocensky vs Saemisch ½-½ 56 1922 Bad Pistyan B41 Sicilian, Kan 23. S Gruber vs T Hess   1-0 32 1922 22. DSB Kongress B41 Sicilian, Kan 24. T Gruber vs J Von Patay   ½-½ 30 1923 Vienna B41 Sicilian, Kan 25. Spielmann vs Tartakower   ½-½ 36 1923 Vienna B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 981    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-09-05    refutor: can anyone recommend a sharp line for White, preferably involving some pawn pushes? kasparov plays 5.c4 with a3 and f3 (to keep the option of pushing pawns on either the kingside or the queenside), but what about somethiing like 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g4!? Dec-09-05    Eric Schiller: <refutor> The beauty of the Kan is that there are no sharp lines that are effective against it. If you are looking for a typical Sicilian brawl, you can't force it as White. You need to take a positional approach and work on the dark squares. Dec-09-05    Akavall: What if white just goes for 5.Nc3, Be3, Qd2, 0-0-0, f3 set up? Dec-09-05    Eggman: <<Is the Sicilian Kan a new modern name for the Paulsen Variation or is it something different?>> The Kan and the Paulsen are one and the same. Dec-09-05    KingG: <The beauty of the Kan is that there are no sharp lines that are effective against it.> That's why i hate the Kan. Dec-09-05    Eric Schiller: <eggman> I disagree. The Paulsen involves ...Nc6 and ...Qc7, which is just one direction in the Kan. Many other options are available in the pure Kan. Here are some non-Paulsen lines: MoveList Name ECO FEN OpeningID 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. B41 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Modern Variation B42 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Polugaevsky Variation B42 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Swiss Cheese Variation B42 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Maroczy Bind Reti Variation B41 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 g6 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Maroczy Bind Hedgehog Variation B41 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Maroczy Bind Bronstein Variation B41 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Knight Variation B43 click for larger view .e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation. Wing Attack B43 click for larger view Dec-09-05    Averageguy: <Akavall>Against that setup black should get an easy game with a quick ...d5. The English Attack piece configuration is strong against the Najdorf as black has a harder time getting ...d5 in but against a Sicilian with ...e6 instead of ...d6 the move ...d5 will come alot faster. Dec-09-05    Akavall: Can you give a variation? If black queen goes to c7(and it usually does), d5 won't come very quickly. Dec-10-05    refutor: <akavall> I Cheparinov vs D Bocharov, 2005 it is a B48 not a B41 but it's not a difficult transposition Dec-10-05    Akavall: <refutor> Thanks, black did play d7-d5 in one move. But the game still remained sharp. I only took a quick glance, and perhaps I am missing something, but I would be fine with the position Cheparinov had. Jan-14-06    MJW: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Bb4! 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 d5! Mar-13-06    mediciii4: How is "kan" pronounce btw? Mar-13-06    jamesmaskell: "kan" is pronounced literally as is. Apr-16-06    LluviaSean: Ilia Abramovich Kan never won a game with his namesake opening. Apr-16-06    Eric Schiller: That's simply not true, Kan defeated Estrin in the 1955 Soviet Championship Semifinals. He probably won quite a few more games with his opening that simply aren't in databases yet. Rusbase might have more examples. Jun-12-06    e4Newman: Anyone ever see white play 5.c4 followed by an eventual e5? Jun-12-06    keypusher: <e4newman> Opening Explorer Looks like e5 would take a lot of preparation, if Black played to prevent it. Jun-12-06    Marvol: If you go through some lines you will find a white e5 somewhere, eventually. Look for lines where black does not explicitly try to block e5 (by Qc7 e.g.). You can already see these lines are rare - mostly black prevents or dissuades e5. This one for instance scores very poorly for white **massive link follows** Opening Explorer 10/50/40 for black. Jul-15-06    oao2102: What do people think about: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5. a4 Jan-22-07    Minty: <oao2102> 5. a4 doesn't seem to do anything useful. At best it seems to allow black easy equality: 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5= May-07-07    pacey: I am new to the sicilian, can someone explain to me what a hedgehog structure is? is it the same as the schevenigen strcture? thanks May-07-07    sitzkrieg: I don't think there is much difference in the setup for black, white has however a pawn on c4. If you play Scheveninger with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 white can go for it with 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 Aug-19-07    Minty: As far as I'm aware, the hedgehog structure generally involves black hiding behind a row of pawns on a6, b6, d6 and e6, usually with Queen on c7, bishops on b7 and e7, and knights on f6 and d7. Or sometimes the kingside bishop is fianchettoed as well. I think the idea is that the row of pawns on the 3rd rank are like a hedgehog's spines, stopping white from playing things like Nd5, Nb5, e4-e5, etc. Nov-29-08    Cactus: Has anyone ever read Taimanov's Paulsen book? If so, could they please offer an opinion on it? Jan-16-09    rodrigo170988: Am I the only one who has the impression that Kasparov played the Hedgehog?? Look at his Scheveningens and Najdorfs (when he plays ...e6), it's pure Hedgehog style! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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