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

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Black to move
21,483 games · 1848-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5...Qc7

14,447

34.7%

34.5%

30.8%

5...Nf6

7,773

38.3%

36.5%

25.1%

5...a6

5,139

36%

37%

27%

5...d6

2,949

36.3%

34.8%

28.9%

5...Bb4

113

56.6%

19.5%

23.9%

5...Bc5

55

43.6%

27.3%

29.1%

5...Qb6

35

57.1%

17.1

25.7%

5...Be7

20

55%

20%

25%

5...g6

11

63.6%

36.4%

5...Nge7

9

66.7%

22.2%

5...Nxd4

7

100%

5...d5

6

50%

16.7

33.3%

5...e5

2

50%

50%

5...b6

R Ziatdinov vs M Simpson, 1999 1-0

5...Bd6

D Pelan vs M Hand, 1981 1-0

5...Qc7 =0.00 (43 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (1-0)
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 (1-0)
Shirov vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971 (1-0)
Ljubojevic vs Ulf Andersson, 1976 (1-0)

DEBUT: Bird vs G W Medley, 1849 (1-0)
RECENT: Grigoriants vs R Prasanna, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
B49 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
B46 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
B47 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B47: Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (6555)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4887)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4272)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (2901)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1051)
B83: Sicilian (744)
B89: Sicilian (310)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (296)
B33: Sicilian (248)

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