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1. e4 c5   2. Nf3 Nc6   3. d4 cxd4   4. Nxd4 e5  
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White to move
5,192 games · 1834-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
5. Nb5  4,795

38.6%

33.2%

28.2%
5. Nb3  139

30.9%

25.9%

43.2%
5. Nf3  120

31.7%

15.8

52.5%
5. Nxc6  85

29.4%

22.4%

48.2%
5. Nf5  31

38.7%

38.7%

22.6%
5. Ne2  22

40.9%

18.2%

40.9%

5.Nb5 +0.14 (36 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (0-1)
Fischer vs Tal, 1962 (1-0)
Nunn vs I A Nataf, 1999 (0-1)
Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 (0-1)
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 (1-0)

DEBUT: McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (1/2-1/2)
RECENT: D Martinez Martin vs Mourad Cherigui, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
The lethal Löwenthal! by alicefujimori
The Lethal Lowenthal by verizondsl
The Sneaky Old Löwenthal Sicilian by Sneaky

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B32: Sicilian (4792)
B33: Sicilian (356)
B21: Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (20)
B20: Sicilian (20)
B59: Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (4)

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