Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack B69
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6
645 tournament games from this position · White wins 37%, draws 28%, Black wins 36%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gxf6 | 641 | 36% 28% 36% | 2359 | 2026 |
| Bxf6 | 4 | 75% 25% | 2375 | 2022 |
Top games
| So, W2792–Vallejo Pons, F2716 | ½-½ | FIDE World Cup 2017 | 2017 |
| Tari, A2633–Carlsen, M2863 | 0-1 | 8th Norway Chess 2020 | 2020 |
| Yu Yangyi2729–Vidit, S2731 | 0-1 | Armageddon Asia&Oceania L | 2023 |
| Anand, V2782–Demchenko, A2660 | 1-0 | World Rapid 2017 | 2017 |
| Navara, D2734–Saric, Iv2681 | ½-½ | 47th TCh-GRE 2019 | 2019 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2760–Demchenko, A2655 | 1-0 | FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss | 2019 |
| Hovhannisyan, R2635–Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.2749 | ½-½ | Stepan Avagyan Mem 2025 | 2025 |
| McShane, L2688–Grandelius, N2691 | ½-½ | Grandelius-McShane Match | 2019 |
| Alekseenko, K2710–Bacrot, E2647 | ½-½ | 23rd European Teams | 2021 |
| Leko, P2730–Dubov, Daniil2619 | 1-0 | 21st TCh-RUS 2014 | 2014 |
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