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1. e4 c5 2. c3

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Black to move
24,196 games · 1841-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2...Nf6

9,780

30.2%

35.1%

34.7%

2...d5

8,354

31.7%

36.6%

31.7%

2...e6

2,270

31.5%

35%

33.5%

2...d6

1,769

38.2%

27.5%

34.3%

2...g6

875

35.9%

29.7%

34.4%

2...b6

371

35%

28.3%

36.7%

2...e5

334

41.9%

28.7%

29.3%

2...Nc6

207

60.9%

19.3%

19.8%

2...Qa5

198

33.8%

27.8%

38.4%

2...a6

31

38.7%

25.8%

35.5%

2...Qc7

11

27.3%

36.4%

36.4%

2...Nf6 =0.00 (38 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996 (1-0)
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1912 (1-0)
Ljubojevic vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)
Zakar vs Szabo, 1933 (0-1)
Rybka vs Houdini, 2011 (0-1)

DEBUT: W M Popert vs Staunton, 1841 (1-0)
RECENT: Abhimanyu Puranik vs S Agdestein, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
c3 sicilian by rpsingh4
Special Panopsky Collection [Black] ALPHA by chess.master
Sicilian Alapin by Justs99171

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B22: Sicilian, Alapin (23156)
C02: French, Advance (574)
B40: Sicilian (237)
B13: Caro-Kann, Exchange (80)
B50: Sicilian (58)
B00: Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (30)
B21: Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (26)
C07: French, Tarrasch (14)
A00: Uncommon Opening (11)

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