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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3

Black to move
1,433 games · 1950-2025
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move

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white wins - draws - black wins %

6...Nf6

1,694

39.6%

31.1%

29.3%

6...a6

114

36%

38.6%

25.4%

6...Be7

55.9%

25%

19.1%

6...Nge7

45.5%

22.7%

31.8%

6...Bd7

56.2%

31.2%

12.5

6...Qc7

66.7%

16.7

6...g6

M Backman vs P Aspback, 1997 1-0

6...Nf6 +0.12 (33 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (1-0)
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 (1-0)
A Ostapenko vs S Kurkin, 1970 (1-0)
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003 (1-0)
Velimirovic vs J Sofrevski, 1965 (1-0)

DEBUT: Matulovic vs Larsen, 1961 (0-1)
RECENT: Kosteniuk vs P Cramling, 2017 (1/2-1/2)

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (689)
B89: Sicilian (291)
B83: Sicilian (188)
B82: Sicilian, Scheveningen (137)
B40: Sicilian (23)
B54: Sicilian (23)
B32: Sicilian (22)
B23: Sicilian, Closed (21)
B25: Sicilian, Closed (12)

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