Sicilian Defense: Closed

B25

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6

How it went

557 ours · 1,126 masters

White wins 40% Draws 16% Black wins 44%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Closed B26 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 356 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2 B25 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 17

Master games

Mamedov, Rauf — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2021
Short, Nigel D — Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 · 2013
Rapport, Richard — Abasov, Nijat 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Hug, Werner — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 1987
Jobava, Baadur — Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-1 · 2012

Games in Spain

Zapata,Ka (2053) — Chigaev,M (2628) 0-1
Zaksaite,S (2261) — Pichot,A (2625) 0-1
Khater,Sherif (2012) — Chigaev,M (2621) 0-1
Martin Fuentes,A (2375) — Huschenbeth,N (2596) 0-1
Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen (1988) — Chigaev, Maksim (2582) 0-1
Sychev,K (2550) — Baches Garcia,G (2329) 1-0
Narciso Dublan,M (2424) — Alsina Leal,D (2510) 1/2-1/2
Cesar Maestre,Bernardo (2357) — Miladinovic,I (2489) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3 d6
e4 c5 Nc3 Nc6 g3 g6 Bg2 Bg7 d3 d6
e4, c5, Nc3, Nc6, g3, g6, Bg2, Bg7, d3, d6