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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3

diagram

Black to move
7,549 games · 1864-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

3...g6

6,825

28%

30.8%

41.1%

3...d6

1,035

32.4%

30.5%

37.1%

3...e6

817

32.8%

25.2%

42%

3...Nf6

170

48.2%

20.6%

31.2%

3...Rb8

82

24.4%

24.4%

51.2%

3...a6

60

46.7%

28.3%

25%

3...e5

31

45.2%

19.4%

35.5%

3...h5

10

40%

50%

3...b6

3

66.7%

33.3%

3...g5

U Mohrholz vs M Womacka, 2004 0-1

3...d6 -0.09 (38 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Smyslov vs Kotov, 1943 (1-0)
Smyslov vs Denker, 1946 (1-0)
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954 (0-1)
Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931 (0-1)
Capablanca vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1925 (0-1)

DEBUT: Paulsen vs G Neumann, 1864 (0-1)
RECENT: R Mamedov vs K Izzat, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
sicilian closed by sergionm
Nge7 variation with sac on e5 by apeters

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
A07: King's Indian Attack (5212)
B25: Sicilian, Closed (1640)
B24: Sicilian, Closed (664)
B26: Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (30)
B45: Sicilian, Taimanov (2)
B23: Sicilian, Closed (1)

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