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Closed Sicilian ...g6, ...Bg7 for White
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features strongest line ...g6 prompting Bb5 instead of Bc4 ...d6 line actually transposes sometimes
...d6 comes before ...e6 but e5 played nevertheless

Last 2 systems, most popular with masters

...g6, ...Bg7, ...Nd4, ...e6, e5, d4 played, equal midgame, end
Sutovsky vs Tiviakov, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 65 moves, 0-1

...e6, e5, ...d5, nxd4 tactic, fearless on kside, qside passer
B Khotenashvili vs M Schoene, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0

...e6, e5, ...d5, Nxd4 line, drawish, endgame blunder
A Oyama vs A Stewart, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 70 moves, 1-0

...g6, ...Bg7, ...d6 line: Gelashvili wins (up by few pawns)
T Gelashvili vs D Lobzhanidze, 2000
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0

...d6 line, white combines kside action with center pressure
A Vaja vs J M Gatica, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

...g6, ...Bg7, ...d6 line; White exchanges queens; close maneuv
I Rogers vs V Johansson, 2006 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0

Bb5, ...d6 ...Nf6 line, no f5, b3, c5 target, knight fork mini
H Mas vs Thein Dan Oo, 1999
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0

...bg7 line, closed position in center, center tactic trap
L Day vs H Albitar, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0

...d6 line, b3 and f5 played, ...f4, g3, active majors on kside
Short vs Y Hou, 2012 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0

...g6, ...d6, ...Qb6 line, model for kside attack, space edge
E Kovalevskaya vs O Kozlitin, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0

...g6, ...d6, ...Qc7 d4 line, model for center play, e5, pme
J Nicolaisen vs P Skovgaard, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

Early ...e6 model, Bxc6, e5, d3, better pawns, infiltrate back
S Pogorelskikh vs S Elistratov, 2011
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Early ...e6, Bxc6, middlegame stryggle, kside majors attack
Vladimir P Larin vs S A Fedotov, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0

Early ...e6, more ideas, end tactical blunder
B Stadler vs A Berke, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Nxd4, ...cxd4 line, kingside attack, tactics lead to pme
P K U M Jayasundara vs A Mellace, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

...a6 line, Bishop stays on a2 - g8 diagonal, Q attacks roam K
F Lommers vs A Partenheimer, 2011
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

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