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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6

White to move
5,187 games · 1851-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

6. Be2

1,682

36.6%

37.8%

25.6%

6. Be3

1,181

33.9%

32.9%

33.2%

6. Nxc6

1,003

39.7%

36.8%

23.5%

6. g3

893

31.9%

43.1%

25%

6. f4

259

40.5%

35.5%

23.9%

6. Bf4

121

43.8%

31.4%

24.8%

6. a3

37.9%

26.4%

35.6%

6. Bc4

28.9%

26.3%

44.7%

6. Nb3

50%

32.1%

17.9

6. Qd3

31.2%

37.5%

6. a4

50%

37.5%

6. g4

58.3%

33.3%

6. f3

41.7%

25%

33.3%

6. Nf3

16.7

66.7%

6. Nce2

C Pieper-Emden vs M Aagaard, 1980 1/2-1/2

6. Bd2

S Hearne vs N Khan, 2012 0-1

6. h4

K McDonald vs Miguel Angel Flores Paredes, 2004 0-1

6. Bd3

D G Ellison vs H Skibbe, 1992 1-0

6.Bf4 +0.56 (42 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 (0-1)
Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973 (0-1)
Shirov vs D Reinderman, 1999 (1-0)
Anand vs I E Morovic-Fernandez, 2004 (1-0)
Grischuk vs Rublevsky, 2007 (1-0)

DEBUT: H Kennedy vs Wyvill, 1851 (1-0)
RECENT: Le Quang Liem vs E Blomqvist, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
B46 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
Sicilian Taimanov by cimzowitsch
Paulsen variation repertoire for white by EkUd1991

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4850)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (205)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (72)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (60)

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