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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3

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Black to move
21,269 games · 1848-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5...Qc7

14,312

34.7%

34.5%

30.8%

5...Nf6

7,646

38.2%

36.6%

25.2%

5...a6

5,095

36%

37%

27%

5...d6

2,928

36.2%

34.9%

28.9%

5...Bb4

112

56.2%

19.6%

24.1%

5...Bc5

51

45.1%

25.5%

29.4%

5...Qb6

34

58.8%

17.6

23.5%

5...Be7

20

55%

20%

25%

5...g6

10

60%

40%

5...Nge7

8

62.5%

25%

5...Nxd4

7

100%

5...d5

6

50%

16.7

33.3%

5...e5

2

50%

50%

5...b6

R Ziatdinov vs M Simpson, 1999 1-0

5...Bd6

D Pelan vs M Hand, 1981 1-0

5...Qc7 =0.00 (43 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (1-0)
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 (1-0)
Shirov vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971 (1-0)
Ljubojevic vs Ulf Andersson, 1976 (1-0)

DEBUT: Bird vs G W Medley, 1849 (1-0)
RECENT: Grigoriants vs R Prasanna, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
B49 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
B46 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
B47 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B47: Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (6480)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4847)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4237)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (2865)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1042)
B83: Sicilian (733)
B89: Sicilian (307)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (295)
B33: Sicilian (244)

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