Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation B97
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
979 tournament games from this position · White wins 31%, draws 39%, Black wins 30%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qd2 | 594 | 28% 47% 25% | 2296 | 2026 |
| Nb3 | 193 | 35% 23% 42% | 2263 | 2026 |
| Qd3 | 103 | 39% 35% 26% | 2322 | 2026 |
| a3 | 75 | 39% 21% 40% | 2199 | 2025 |
| Bxf6 | 9 | 67% 22% | 2275 | 2025 |
| Rb1 | 3 | 33% 67% | 1830 | 2023 |
| b3 | 1 | 100% | 1844 | 2013 |
| Nf5 | 1 | 100% | 1812 | 2024 |
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 |
| Caruana, F2808–Nakamura, Hi2785 | 1-0 | 5th Norway Chess 2017 | 2017 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2782–Anand, V2786 | ½-½ | 8th Tal Memorial | 2013 |
| Giri, A2779–Vachier Lagrave, M2775 | 0-1 | GCT Rapid Paris 2019 | 2019 |
| Grischuk, A2769–Vachier Lagrave, M2780 | 1-0 | chess.com IoM Masters | 2018 |
| Radjabov, T2731–Grischuk, A2810 | 1-0 | Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 | 2015 |
| Nakamura, Hi2786–Nepomniachtchi, I2751 | 1-0 | Moscow Grand Prix 2017 | 2017 |
| Radjabov, T2759–Nepomniachtchi, I2775 | ½-½ | 47th GM 2019 | 2019 |
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