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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6

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White to move
21,896 games · 1843-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5. Nc3

20,999

35.8%

35.1%

29%

5. Nb5

2,622

32.4%

37.6%

30%

5. Be3

464

25.6%

25.4%

48.9%

5. Nxc6

418

22.2%

30.1%

47.6%

5. c4

412

24.5%

25.7%

49.8%

5. Be2

199

26.6%

26.6%

46.7%

5. g3

135

23%

31.1%

45.9%

5. Bf4

71

42.3%

31%

26.8%

5. Bc4

44

27.3%

15.9

56.8%

5. Nb3

42

31%

28.6%

40.5%

5. c3

41

29.3%

22%

48.8%

5. a3

38

31.6%

23.7%

44.7%

5. Nf3

21

28.6%

19%

52.4%

5. f4

15

13.3

53.3%

33.3%

5. Bb5

11

27.3%

18.2%

54.5%

5. Qd3

M Boyer vs S Sahidi, 2023 1-0

5. a4

O Sabure vs A Officer, 2006 0-1

5.g3 +0.31 (36 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (0-1)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (1-0)
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 (1-0)
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858 (1-0)
Shirov vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)

DEBUT: Staunton vs Saint Amant, 1843 (1-0)
RECENT: Grigoriants vs R Prasanna, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
B49 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
Sicilian Taimanov by cimzowitsch
B47 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B47: Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (5669)
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (4341)
B44: Sicilian (4156)
B46: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (3677)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (1652)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (951)
B83: Sicilian (659)
B89: Sicilian (252)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (250)

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