Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack

B23

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4

How it went

380 ours · 507 masters

White wins 36% Draws 12% Black wins 52%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack, Schofman Variation B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 28

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 1994
Spangenberg, Hugo — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 1992
Kasparov, Garry — Volzhin, Alexander 0-1 · 1996
Nikolovski, Nikola — Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 · 2017
Adams, Michael — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 1997

Games in Spain

Novoselov,R (2261) — Anton Guijarro,D (2669) 0-1
Tari,A (2646) — Bernal Moro,L (2433) 1-0
Vajic,G (2302) — Chigaev,M (2632) 0-1
Soto,Adolfo Dario (1871) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Tari,A (2618) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Piscicelli,D (2232) — Santos Latasa,J (2615) 0-1
Piorun,K (2601) — Suarez Uriel,A (2340) 0-1
Beknazarov,Emir (1878) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2545) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4
e4 c5 Nc3 Nc6 f4
e4, c5, Nc3, Nc6, f4