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Black to move
23,286 games · 1841-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
2...Nf6  9,399

30.1%
35.1%
34.8%
2...d5  8,040

31.6%
36.6%
31.8%
2...e6  2,212

31.6%
34.9%
33.5%
2...d6  1,704

38.3%
27.6%
34.1%
2...g6  829

35.6%
29.8%
34.6%
2...b6  360

35%
28.3%
36.7%
2...e5  320

41.9%
28.8%
29.4%
2...Nc6  197

60.4%
20.3%
19.3%
2...Qa5  188

34%
28.2%
37.8%
2...a6  30

36.7%
26.7%
36.7%
2...Qc7  11

27.3%
36.4%
36.4%

2...Nf6 =0.00 (38 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996 (1-0)
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1912 (1-0)
Ljubojevic vs Judit Polgar, 1994 (0-1)
Zakar vs Szabo, 1933 (0-1)
Rybka vs Houdini, 2011 (0-1)

DEBUT: W M Popert vs Staunton, 1841 (1-0)
RECENT: Abhimanyu Puranik vs S Agdestein, 2018 (0-1)

 GAME COLLECTIONS:
c3 sicilian by rpsingh4
Special Panopsky Collection [Black] ALPHA by chess.master
Sicilian Alapin by Justs99171

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B22: Sicilian, Alapin (22279)
C02: French, Advance (559)
B40: Sicilian (234)
B13: Caro-Kann, Exchange (73)
B50: Sicilian (55)
B00: Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (29)
B21: Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (23)
C07: French, Tarrasch (13)
A00: Uncommon Opening (11)

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