Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional

B23

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6

How it went

2,604 ours · 3,709 masters

White wins 43% Draws 14% Black wins 43%

Continuations

5

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 111 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation B24 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 1,053 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Grob Attack B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g4 2 Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 380 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Portland Attack B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g4

Master games

Carlsen, M.. — Topalov, V.. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Carlsen, M.. — Praggnanandhaa, R.. 0-1 · 2022
Carlsen, M.. — Vachier Lagrave, M.. 1-0 · 2022
Carlsen, Magnus — Gelfand, Boris 1-0 · 2021
Hodgson, Julian M — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2000

Games in Spain

Martin Fuentes,A (2372) — Caruana,F (2803) 0-1
Caruana,F (2777) — Povshednyi,Ivan (2309) 0-1
Maghsoodloo,Parham (2734) — Espinosa Aranda,A (2442) 1-0
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Mamedov,Rau (2646) 0-1
Pintor Perez,Vicente Luis (2030) — Alekseenko,K (2707) 1/2-1/2
Van Foreest,Jorden (2694) — Galvan Cipriani,Viviana (1928) 1-0
Dimitrov,At (2269) — Anton Guijarro,D (2690) 0-1
Anton Guijarro,D (2688) — Damjanovic,V (2397) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6
e4 c5 Nc3 Nc6
e4, c5, Nc3, Nc6