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Sicilian, Scheveningen (B82)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 f4

Number of games in database: 1340
Years covered: 1952 to 2024
Overall record:
   White wins 43.6%
   Black wins 24.9%
   Draws 31.5%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Alexey Suetin  20 games
John van der Wiel  19 games
Mikhail Tal  15 games
Mihai Suba  18 games
Vlastimil Jansa  18 games
Ulf Andersson  12 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Tal vs B Larsen, 1965
A Ostapenko vs S Kurkin, 1970
Tal vs Koblents, 1965
Keres vs Smyslov, 1959
Huebner vs Petrosian, 1971
S Ionov vs A Yashtylov, 2000
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 page 1 of 54; games 1-25 of 1,340  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Castaldi vs V Nestler  ½-½641952Italian ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. O Rubtsova vs E Keller-Herrmann  1-0331952Candidates Tournament (Women)B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
3. W Reichenbach vs G Moehring  1-0271954GDR Junior ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. R G Wade vs J Penrose  0-1361957CongressB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
5. M Eret vs Pachman  0-1481957Czechoslovak ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
6. Keres vs Smyslov 0-1401959Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade CandidatesB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
7. W Heidenfeld vs O'Kelly  0-1631960Madrid ZonalB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. B Milic vs B Djurasevic  ½-½571960Olympic team qualificationB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
9. A Matanovic vs B Wexler  1-0221961Mar del PlataB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. V Georgescu vs T Ghitescu  1-0281961Romanian ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
11. V Sokolov vs S Puc  ½-½331961Yugoslav ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
12. D Ciric vs J Stupica  1-0561961Yugoslav ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
13. B Milic vs Gligoric  ½-½591961SarajevoB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. I Lenchiner vs V Zurakhov  0-1731961Ukrainian ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. Tal vs R Toran 1-0271961European Team ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
16. R G Wade vs F Parr  1-0441961British ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
17. A Kuindzhy vs G Larusson  1-0351961World Junior ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
18. Parma vs Gheorghiu  1-0251961World Junior ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
19. A Matanovic vs M Bertok  1-0791961BledB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
20. A Matanovic vs Janosevic  1-0411961Belgrade FestivalB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
21. B Ilievski vs Janosevic  ½-½221961Yugoslav Semifinal WestB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. Janosevic vs D Djurovic  1-0561961Yugoslav Semifinal WestB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
23. A Matanovic vs K Langeweg  ½-½351961Utrecht PAMB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
24. R Calvo Minguez vs K Langeweg  1-02919622nd Costa del SolB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. V Zurakhov vs I Lenchiner  ½-½201962Avangard ChampionshipB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
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Sep-13-08  just a kid: Sort of funny that Tal has all the notable White wins games and kasparov has all the notable black wins games.Oh yeah and Third!

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