Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted B97
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
432 tournament games from this position · White wins 25%, draws 52%, Black wins 23%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f5 | 236 | 20% 64% 16% | 2359 | 2026 |
| e5 | 150 | 29% 41% 30% | 2309 | 2026 |
| Be2 | 24 | 50% 25% 25% | 2309 | 2025 |
| Bxf6 | 19 | 42% 16% 42% | 2088 | 2026 |
| Bc4 | 2 | 100% | 1823 | 2022 |
| Bd3 | 1 | 100% | 2171 | 2022 |
Top games
| Caruana, F2842–Vachier Lagrave, M2767 | 1-0 | FIDE Candidates 2020 | 2021 |
| Caruana, F2823–Vachier Lagrave, M2784 | 1-0 | 83rd Tata Steel Masters | 2021 |
| Caruana, F2819–Vachier Lagrave, M2779 | 1-0 | 7th Norway Chess 2019 | 2019 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2782–Anand, V2786 | ½-½ | 8th Tal Memorial | 2013 |
| Giri, A2779–Vachier Lagrave, M2775 | 0-1 | GCT Rapid Paris 2019 | 2019 |
| Radjabov, T2731–Grischuk, A2810 | 1-0 | Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 | 2015 |
| Radjabov, T2759–Nepomniachtchi, I2775 | ½-½ | 47th GM 2019 | 2019 |
| Wei Yi2736–Nepomniachtchi, I2773 | ½-½ | Moscow FIDE Grand Prix | 2019 |
| Radjabov, T2748–Wojtaszek, R2744 | ½-½ | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 | 2018 |
| Radjabov, T2696–Giri, A2767 | ½-½ | 32nd ECC Open 2016 | 2016 |
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