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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3

Black to move
1,148 games · 1947-2025
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white wins - draws - black wins %

9...Be6

1,227

28.2%

38.5%

33.3%

9...Qc7

137

34.3%

35%

30.7%

9...Nbd7

28.6%

30%

41.4%

9...Nc6

31.9%

27.7%

40.4%

9...b5

48%

32%

20%

9...b6

33.3%

9...Bd7

25%

50%

9...Re8

S Liu vs N Ioseliani, 1983 0-1

9...Be6 +0.07 (36 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Pilnik vs Fischer, 1959 (0-1)
Geller vs Fischer, 1962 (1-0)
Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008 (1-0)
Geller vs Polugaevsky, 1961 (1-0)
Karpov vs Nunn, 1985 (1-0)

DEBUT: A Matanovic vs Ivkov, 1950 (1/2-1/2)
RECENT: A Kovchan vs Vladislav Bakhmatsky, 2016 (1/2-1/2)

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B92: Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1123)
B90: Sicilian, Najdorf (25)

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