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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

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Black to move
2,482 games · 1840-2025
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white wins - draws - black wins %

3...Nf6

1,014

31.8%

35.9%

32.3%

3...d5

924

38%

31.9%

30.1%

3...e6

463

42.8%

30.2%

27%

3...e5

368

40.2%

29.1%

30.7%

3...d6

173

56.1%

20.2%

23.7%

3...Qa5

119

35.3%

25.2%

39.5%

3...g6

77

59.7%

14.3

26%

3...a6

8

100%

3...Qc7

2

100%

3...f5

H Israel vs D Mabbs, 1970 1-0

3...h6

N Batkoski vs L Gjorshev, 2014 0-1

3...Nf6 +0.07 (36 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Fetzer vs Schmidt, 1951 (1-0)
Gipslis vs Tal, 1955 (0-1)
Tal vs Dzindzichashvili, 1991 (1-0)
B Thelen vs NN, 1930 (1-0)
M Vachier-Lagrave vs A Moiseenko, 2013 (1-0)

DEBUT: W M Popert vs Staunton, 1842 (0-1)
RECENT: A Zhigalko vs E Kovalevskaya, 2017 (1-0)

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B30: Sicilian (2155)
B22: Sicilian, Alapin (254)
C02: French, Advance (73)

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