Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation, Louma Variation B58
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6
31 tournament games from this position · White wins 23%, draws 23%, Black wins 55%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bxc6 | 31 | 23% 23% 55% | 2109 | 2026 |
Top games
| Paravyan, D2631–Ponkratov, P2650 | 1-0 | Smyslov Region Group Cup | 2021 |
| Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra2327–Demchenko, A2610 | 0-1 | Chelyabinskiy Variant GpA | 2021 |
| Huang, Renjie2487–Wang, Shixu B2407 | ½-½ | 15th Nat PRC RR Men | 2025 |
| Malinovsky, K2447–Svoboda, V22410 | 1-0 | TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 | 2015 |
| Shyam, Sm2520–Samant, Aditya S2296 | ½-½ | 52nd Biel Master Open | 2019 |
| Nurgaliyev, Sauat2150–Puranik, A2616 | 0-1 | 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 | 2022 |
| Shyam, Sm2528–Oboladze, Luka2226 | 1-0 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2017 | 2017 |
| Brociner, Beniamino2184–Panelo, M2373 | 0-1 | 18th Sants Open 2016 | 2016 |
| Henderson de La Fuente, Lance2410–Gschwendtner, K2095 | 1-0 | 21st OIBM 2017 | 2017 |
| Gungor, Cihan Akif2033–Guliev, L2247 | ½-½ | TCh-TUR 2nd League 2025 | 2025 |
Sicilian Defense variations
Sicilian DefenseB20Czerniak AttackB20Grob VariationB20Lasker-Dunne AttackB20Mengarini VariationB20Myers Attack, with a4B20Myers Attack, with h4B20Staunton-Cochrane VariationB20Wing GambitB20McDonnell AttackB21Smith-Morra GambitB21Alapin VariationB22Amazon AttackB20Bowdler AttackB20Brick VariationB20Keres VariationB20King David's OpeningB20Kronberger VariationB20ClosedB23Sicilian DefenseB27Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto VariationB20ClosedB23Brussels GambitB27Bücker VariationB27