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

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White to move
22,396 games · 1843-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5. Nc3

21,481

35.8%

35%

29.1%

5. Nb5

2,685

32.3%

37.4%

30.3%

5. Be3

471

26.3%

25.1%

48.6%

5. Nxc6

437

22.7%

29.7%

47.6%

5. c4

424

24.5%

26.2%

49.3%

5. Be2

203

27.1%

26.1%

46.8%

5. g3

139

23.7%

30.9%

45.3%

5. Bf4

75

40%

32%

28%

5. Bc4

47

27.7%

14.9

57.4%

5. Nb3

43

32.6%

27.9%

39.5%

5. c3

41

29.3%

22%

48.8%

5. a3

41

31.7%

26.8%

41.5%

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. a4

O Sabure vs A Officer, 2006 0-1

5. Qd3

M Boyer vs S Sahidi, 2023 1-0

5. b3

L J Wolff vs A S Jameson, 1904 1/2-1/2

5.g3 +0.31 (36 ply)

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 (5792)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4431)
B44: Sicilian (4261)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (3742)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (1710)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (966)
B83: Sicilian (674)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (262)
B89: Sicilian (259)

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