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1. e4 c5   2. Nf3 e6   3. d4 cxd4   4. Nxd4 Nc6   5. Nc3 a6  
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White to move
5,040 games · 1851-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
6. Be2  1,638

36.4%
38.2%
25.4%
6. Be3  1,148

34%
33.1%
32.9%
6. Nxc6  975

39.5%
37%
23.5%
6. g3  869

32.1%
43%
24.9%
6. f4  250

40.8%
35.2%
24%
6. Bf4  119

43.7%
31.1%
25.2%
6. a3  81

38.3%
25.9%
35.8%
6. Bc4  38

28.9%
26.3%
44.7%
6. Nb3  24

58.3%
25%
16.7
6. a4  16

50%

37.5%
6. Qd3  15

33.3%
26.7%
40%
6. f3  12

41.7%
25%
33.3%
6. g4  12

58.3%
33.3%
6. Nf3  6

16.7
16.7
66.7%
6. Bd3 D G Ellison vs H Skibbe, 1992 1-0
6. Bd2 S Hearne vs N Khan, 2012 0-1
6. Nce2 C Pieper-Emden vs M Aagaard, 1980 1/2-1/2
6. h4 K McDonald vs Miguel Angel Flores Paredes, 2004 0-1

6.Bf4 +0.56 (42 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 (0-1)
Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973 (0-1)
Shirov vs D Reinderman, 1999 (1-0)
Anand vs I E Morovic-Fernandez, 2004 (1-0)
Grischuk vs Rublevsky, 2007 (1-0)

DEBUT: H Kennedy vs Wyvill, 1851 (1-0)
RECENT: Le Quang Liem vs E Blomqvist, 2018 (1-0)

 GAME COLLECTIONS:
B46 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
Sicilian Taimanov by cimzowitsch
Paulsen variation repertoire for white by EkUd1991

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4717)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (197)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (69)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (57)

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