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

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White to move
22,072 games · 1843-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5. Nc3

21,169

35.8%

35.1%

29.1%

5. Nb5

2,648

32.3%

37.5%

30.2%

5. Be3

467

25.9%

25.3%

48.8%

5. Nxc6

424

22.2%

30.2%

47.6%

5. c4

416

24.5%

26.2%

49.3%

5. Be2

201

26.9%

26.4%

46.8%

5. g3

136

22.8%

31.6%

45.6%

5. Bf4

74

40.5%

32.4%

27%

5. Bc4

44

27.3%

15.9

56.8%

5. Nb3

42

31%

28.6%

40.5%

5. c3

41

29.3%

22%

48.8%

5. a3

40

32.5%

25%

42.5%

5. Nf3

21

28.6%

19%

52.4%

5. f4

15

13.3

53.3%

33.3%

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.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 (5709)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4366)
B44: Sicilian (4198)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (3699)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (1676)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (957)
B83: Sicilian (666)
B89: Sicilian (254)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (251)

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