Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Tal Gambit

B21

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6

How it went

8 ours · 64 masters

White wins 25% Draws 25% Black wins 50%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Short, Nigel D — Kasparov, Garry 1-0 · 1990
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Giri, Anish 0-1 · 2013
Navara, David — Moiseenko, Alexander 1-0 · 2014
Sulskis, Sarunas — Shirov, Alexei 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Genocchio, Daniele — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Narciso Dublan,M (2461) — Valenzuela Gomez,F (2373) 1/2-1/2
Loeffler,S (2352) — Navarro Martinez,Victor (1732) 0-1
Sitnic,A (2105) — Lacasa Diaz,J (2304) 1-0
Dahlgren,James Allen (1845) — Omariev,M (2304) 0-1
Labiano Hernandez,Juan (2259) — Ryan,Joshua 1/2-1/2
Sitnic,A (2040) — Silva Lucena,Cristian (2211) 0-1
Kniazev,I (2036) — Tadevosyan,Aspet (2197) 0-1
Anglada Lobarte, Jose Andres (2047) — Gonzalez Pabollet, Jesus Maria S (1845) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6
1 e4 c5 2 f4 d5 3 exd5 Nf6
e4 c5 f4 d5 exd5 Nf6
e4, c5, f4, d5, exd5, Nf6