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White to move
22,518 games · 1843-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
5. Nc3  21,601

35.8%
35.1%
29.1%
5. Nb5  2,695

32.3%
37.4%
30.3%
5. Be3  474

26.2%
25.1%
48.7%
5. Nxc6  439

22.8%
29.8%
47.4%
5. c4  424

24.5%
26.2%
49.3%
5. Be2  206

27.2%
25.7%
47.1%
5. g3  140

23.6%
30.7%
45.7%
5. Bf4  77

39%
32.5%
28.6%
5. Bc4  47

27.7%
14.9
57.4%
5. a3  43

32.6%
27.9%
39.5%
5. Nb3  43

32.6%
27.9%
39.5%
5. c3  41

29.3%
22%
48.8%
5. Nf3  21

28.6%
19%
52.4%
5. f4  16

12.5
50%
37.5%
5. Bb5  11

27.3%
18.2%
54.5%
5. b3 L J Wolff vs A S Jameson, 1904 1/2-1/2
5. a4 O Sabure vs A Officer, 2006 0-1
5. Qd3 M Boyer vs S Sahidi, 2023 1-0

5.g3 +0.31 (36 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (0-1)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (1-0)
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 (1-0)
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858 (1-0)
Shirov vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)

DEBUT: Staunton vs Saint Amant, 1843 (1-0)
RECENT: Grigoriants vs R Prasanna, 2018 (0-1)

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

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B47: Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (5825)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4458)
B44: Sicilian (4281)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (3759)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (1724)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (971)
B83: Sicilian (677)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (264)
B89: Sicilian (259)

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