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Sicilian (B83)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 Be2

Number of games in database: 1468
Years covered: 1889 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 29.2%
   Black wins 30.9%
   Draws 39.9%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Efim Geller  40 games
Varlam Vepkhvishvili  22 games
Aleksandar Matanovic  15 games
Vlastimil Jansa  41 games
Max Euwe  26 games
Ulf Andersson  18 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945
D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
R Slade vs D Hooper, 1947
R A J Meijer vs Euwe, 1923
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 page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,468  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Gossip vs Paulsen  0-132 1889 DSB-06.KongressB83 Sicilian
2. Znosko-Borovsky vs Euwe 1-050 1922 London ;HCL 22B83 Sicilian
3. Euwe vs Plukker 1-031 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
4. G Kroone vs Euwe  0-125 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
5. R A J Meijer vs Euwe 0-129 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
6. R A J Meijer vs Euwe  0-152 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
7. Spaans vs Euwe  ½-½30 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
8. H Van Hartingsvelt vs Euwe  0-137 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
9. Weltevreede vs Euwe  0-136 1923 AmsterdamB83 Sicilian
10. J Blake vs Euwe  0-136 1923 Hastings2324 ;HCL 24B83 Sicilian
11. Hromadka vs Euwe  0-146 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau ;HCL 17B83 Sicilian
12. H Wolf vs Euwe 0-145 1923 Mahrisch-OstrauB83 Sicilian
13. Maroczy vs Euwe 1-031 1923 Scheveningen ;HCL 39B83 Sicilian
14. Yates vs E Straat  1-029 1923 Scheveningen NEDB83 Sicilian
15. H Strick van Linschoten vs E Straat  0-129 1923 Scheveningen NEDB83 Sicilian
16. R P Michell vs Maroczy  0-149 1923 Hastings 2324B83 Sicilian
17. Euwe vs Colle  ½-½54 1924 Paris f-A ,HCL 33B83 Sicilian
18. J O'Hanlon vs Euwe  0-144 1924 Paris prel-3 ;HCL 33B83 Sicilian
19. L Miliani vs Euwe  0-137 1924 Paris prel-3 ;HCL 33B83 Sicilian
20. Znosko-Borovsky vs Euwe 0-139 1924 WestonB83 Sicilian
21. Janowski vs Lasker 0-168 1924 New YorkB83 Sicilian
22. A Vajda vs Kmoch ½-½17 1925 DebrecenB83 Sicilian
23. Carlos Torre vs Colle  ½-½37 1925 Baden-Baden SeleznievB83 Sicilian
24. Znosko-Borovsky vs Colle  1-048 1925 FRAB83 Sicilian
25. Geus vs Euwe 1-040 1925 ?B83 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-02-05   aw1988: White wins in the Keres attack, not with this wimpy Be2.
Oct-12-05   Averageguy: It's not bad, white simply aims to get a strong classical position before going for an all-out attack on blacs king.
Feb-04-06   chess55: i hope i will do the Roy Lopez someday.
Feb-04-06   aw1988: Well, it was more or less a joke when I said it, though this isn't obvious. People whine and complain when the Keres isn't played, but this is not terrible.
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