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Sicilian, Closed (B24)
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3

Number of games in database: 680
Years covered: 1869 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 28.8%
   Black wins 46.0%
   Draws 25.1%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Jacob Murey  21 games
Ljubomir Jovic  8 games
Arvid Kubbel  6 games
Dragoljub Velimirovic  5 games
Dommaraju Gukesh  4 games
Tony Miles  4 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Smyslov vs Denker, 1946
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995
Spassky vs Hjartarson, 1988
L Palau vs Najdorf, 1939
Spassky vs Ljubojevic, 1978
J Molina vs A Schwartzman, 1934
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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 680  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Steinitz vs Blackburne 1-0241869Prize gameB24 Sicilian, Closed
2. A Ascharin vs H Clemenz  1-0481877St. Petersburg National tB24 Sicilian, Closed
3. S Jacoby vs A Schwarz  1-0331878?B24 Sicilian, Closed
4. Chigorin vs Schiffers 1-0391880Chigorin - Schiffers Fourth MatchB24 Sicilian, Closed
5. E Schallopp vs Paulsen  1-0511880WiesbadenB24 Sicilian, Closed
6. S Rosenthal vs de Riviere  0-16218801st French National, Paris 1880/81B24 Sicilian, Closed
7. de Riviere vs A Clerc  1-05418801st French National, Paris 1880/81B24 Sicilian, Closed
8. E Schallopp vs Mackenzie  0-14118854th DSB Congress, HamburgB24 Sicilian, Closed
9. J Mieses vs Paulsen 1-03118896th DSB Congress, BreslauB24 Sicilian, Closed
10. von Bardeleben vs Walbrodt  1-02718938th DSB Congress, KielB24 Sicilian, Closed
11. Janowski vs W B B Ingalls  0-1251898Simul, 22bB24 Sicilian, Closed
12. Burn vs F S Smith 1-0341901Oxford University CC - Liverpool CC mB24 Sicilian, Closed
13. Znosko-Borovsky vs O Bernstein 1-02019033rd All-Russian Masters, KievB24 Sicilian, Closed
14. T F Lawrence vs Pillsbury 1-0311904Cambridge SpringsB24 Sicilian, Closed
15. Showalter vs A W Fox ½-½741904Cambridge SpringsB24 Sicilian, Closed
16. P Leonhardt vs Teichmann ½-½321905HamburgB24 Sicilian, Closed
17. C Carls vs Teichmann 1-0651905HamburgB24 Sicilian, Closed
18. Spielmann vs I Kopa 0-1701905Barmen Meisterturnier BB24 Sicilian, Closed
19. Blackburne vs J Parry 1-0391911British ChampionshipB24 Sicilian, Closed
20. Burn vs O Chajes 1-01151911KarlsbadB24 Sicilian, Closed
21. Blackburne vs NN  1-0231916SimulB24 Sicilian, Closed
22. Tarrasch vs Saemisch 1-0561922Teplitz-SchonauB24 Sicilian, Closed
23. G Thomas vs Reti  0-1551923KarlsbadB24 Sicilian, Closed
24. H Strick van Linschoten vs W Fick  ½-½311923ScheveningenB24 Sicilian, Closed
25. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Levenfish  0-1471925MoscowB24 Sicilian, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-12-06  suenteus po 147: In my play with this opening as white I find many average players online avoid the later variations by playing 4...Nf6 in continuation of the line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2. Does anybody know instructive games that show white dealing with the 4...Nf6 theme successfully?
Mar-06-08  Dr. Siggy: <suenteus po 147>: Here's one from "the good old days": Tarrasch vs A Selezniev, 1922; and here's another from more recent days: Karpov vs Tsamriuk, 1967.
Mar-09-08  suenteus po 147: <Dr. Siggy> Thanks!

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