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1. e4 c5   2. Nf3 Nc6   3. d4 cxd4   4. Nxd4 e5  
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White to move
5,298 games · 1834-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
5. Nb5  4,894

38.7%

33.1%

28.2%
5. Nb3  142

31.7%

25.4%

43%
5. Nf3  121

31.4%

16.5

52.1%
5. Nxc6  86

30.2%

22.1%

47.7%
5. Nf5  32

37.5%

40.6%

21.9%
5. Ne2  23

39.1%

21.7%

39.1%

5.Nb5 +0.14 (36 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (0-1)
Fischer vs Tal, 1962 (1-0)
Nunn vs I A Nataf, 1999 (0-1)
Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 (0-1)
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 (1-0)

DEBUT: McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (1/2-1/2)
RECENT: D Martinez Martin vs Mourad Cherigui, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
The lethal Löwenthal! by alicefujimori
The Lethal Lowenthal by verizondsl
The Sneaky Old Löwenthal Sicilian by Sneaky

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B32: Sicilian (4892)
B33: Sicilian (362)
B21: Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (20)
B20: Sicilian (20)
B59: Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (4)

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