Openings/Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, Ponomariov Gambit B47
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6
114 tournament games from this position · White wins 32%, draws 18%, Black wins 51%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| axb5 | 114 | 32% 18% 51% | 2198 | 2026 |
Top games
| Popov, Iv Rus2632–Gagunashvili, M2601 | ½-½ | IsBank TCh-TUR 2013 | 2013 |
| Teclaf, Pawel2542–Volokitin, And2677 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2021 | 2021 |
| Popov, Iv Rus2656–Reshetnikov, Al2497 | 1-0 | 67th Moscow Blitz 2013 | 2013 |
| Hungaski, R2492–Ramirez, Alej2552 | ½-½ | American Continental TB | 2017 |
| Tukhaev, A2517–Bukavshin, I2522 | 0-1 | Aeroflot Open Rapid KO | 2013 |
| Warmerdam, Max2433–Ivanisevic, I2603 | ½-½ | European Rapid 2018 | 2018 |
| Liu Qingnan2510–Wang Chen2500 | 1-0 | TCh-CHN 2015 | 2015 |
| Simacek, P2464–Bulski, K2517 | 0-1 | TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 | 2015 |
| Snuverink, Joc2361–Van Kampen, R2618 | 0-1 | 4NCL 2013-14 | 2014 |
| Teclaf, Pawel2464–Jakubowski, K2481 | 0-1 | 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 | 2020 |
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