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Black to move
5,969 games · 1929-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
6...a6  5,747

36.9%

30.9%

32.2%
6...Nf6  761

32.7%

33.6%

33.6%
6...d6  6

66.7%

16.7

16.7
6...Bb4  2

100%
6...g6 R Ziatdinov vs H Kaenel, 1992 1-0
6...Na5 Averbakh vs Taimanov, 1961 1-0
6...h6 S Satyapragyan vs P Haba, 2005 0-1
6...f6 O Brendel vs C Landenbergue, 2007 1/2-1/2
6...b6 M Vukcevich vs Lombardy, 1975 0-1

6...a6 +0.26 (37 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Kasparov vs Anand, 1991 (1-0)
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971 (1-0)
Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015 (1-0)
Karjakin vs Morozevich, 2009 (1-0)
Carlsen vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2006 (1-0)

DEBUT: W Heidenfeld vs G Fuster, 1953 (0-1)
RECENT: Grigoriants vs R Prasanna, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
B48 Sicilian: Taimanov [Black] by chess.master
Sicilian Taimanov English Attack Research by russep

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B48: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (5242)
B49: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (685)
B85: Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (42)

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