Openings/Sicilian Defense

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Modern Line B44

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6

245 tournament games from this position · White wins 25%, draws 40%, Black wins 35%

Analyse

Moves

245 games
MoveGamesWhite · Draw · BlackElo
Be3225
25%
40%
34%
2295
f48
75%
25%
2241
Nc26
50%
17%
33%
2247
Bf44
100%
2074
Re12
100%
2066

Top games

Ivanchuk, V2733Wang Yue27051-02013
Kasimdzhanov, R2706Radjabov, T2726½-½2014
Ivanchuk, V2747Najer, E26791-02016
Ivanchuk, V2628Caruana, F27920-12026
Salem, Ar2690Abdusattorov, Nodirbek26610-12022
Salem, Ar2591Wojtaszek, R27350-12014
Fedorov, Alex2566Morozevich, A27111-02015
Nisipeanu, Ld2577Van Foreest, Jorden2697½-½2025
Maze, S2617Bachmann, Ax26410-12016
Naiditsch, A2704Antoniewski, R25521-02013