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Sicilian (B58)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be2

Number of games in database: 738
Years covered: 1880 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 30.6%
   Black wins 35.2%
   Draws 34.1%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Dibyendu Barua  15 games
Ilya Smirin  15 games
Efim Geller  14 games
Alexander Khalifman  13 games
V Tukmakov  8 games
K Lerner  8 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
J E Slade vs NN, 1960
Ivanchuk vs N Delgado, 2005
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1936
Unzicker vs Taimanov, 1952
Fischer vs K Warner, 1955
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 page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 738  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Bier vs W Paulsen 0-140 1880 WSB-13.KongressB58 Sicilian
2. B Fleissig vs Paulsen  ½-½25 1882 Vienna itB58 Sicilian
3. J N Berger vs Paulsen  ½-½27 1883 DSB-03.KongressB58 Sicilian
4. Tarrasch vs Paulsen ½-½48 1889 DSB-06.KongressB58 Sicilian
5. Maroczy / Showalter vs Burn/Mieses  ½-½38 1900 Paris conB58 Sicilian
6. Pillsbury vs C S Howell  1-042 1901 9, Buffalo New YorkB58 Sicilian
7. Von Popiel vs Pillsbury 0-148 1902 04, Monte CarloB58 Sicilian
8. Lasker vs H Voigt  1-029 1902 USA tour simB58 Sicilian
9. Spielmann vs Swiderski  1-030 1906 NurembergB58 Sicilian
10. J Kvicala vs Dus Chotimirsky  0-167 1908 PragueB58 Sicilian
11. A Rabinovich vs Dus Chotimirsky  0-162 1908 PragueB58 Sicilian
12. H Suechting vs Tartakower  ½-½33 1908 ViennaB58 Sicilian
13. M Smith vs O Chajes  0-136 1911 New YorkB58 Sicilian
14. Capablanca vs F Benyon 1-040 1913 New York RiceB58 Sicilian
15. Taubenhaus vs A A Smorodsky 1-013 1914 St PetersburgB58 Sicilian
16. J Moeller vs Maroczy  0-130 1920 GoteborgB58 Sicilian
17. J Moeller vs Bogoljubov  0-132 1920 GoteborgB58 Sicilian
18. O Nilsson vs T C Jensen  1-026 1920 Goteborg CB58 Sicilian
19. E Straat vs Colle  0-170 1923 ScheveningenB58 Sicilian
20. I Rabinovich vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky  1-037 1924 URS-ch03B58 Sicilian
21. Y Vilner vs V Makogonov  0-138 1927 URS-ch05B58 Sicilian
22. Alekhine vs A Desler 1-019 1930 Hamburg olB58 Sicilian
23. Roedl vs B Koch  0-141 1931 27. DSB KongressB58 Sicilian
24. B Koch vs Ahues  ½-½28 1931 27. DSB KongressB58 Sicilian
25. F Apsenieks vs Gilg  1-050 1931 Prague ol (Men)B58 Sicilian
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Sep-20-08
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  just a kid: First!
Dec-05-08   Ychromosome: I won an interesting game against a computer in this variation. I sacraficed a N for 2 Ps and got this position:


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I this a playable idea, or was I lucky??

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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