Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, Edge Variation

B25

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7

How it went

7 ours · 43 masters

White wins 57% Draws 14% Black wins 29%

Continuations

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

Master games

Short, Nigel D — Ye, Jiangchuan 0-1 · 2000
Larino Nieto, David — Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Short, Nigel D — Zhu, Chen 1-0 · 2002
Balashov, Yuri S — Kharlov, Andrei 1/2-1/2 · 2001
Spassky, Boris V. — Timman, Jan H 1/2-1/2 · 1978

Games in Spain

Larino Nieto,D (2420) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1-0
Martin Fuentes,A (2397) — Clement Gomez,J (2349) 1/2-1/2
Martin Fuentes,A (2375) — Carnicelli,V (2394) 0-1
Martin Fuentes,A (2375) — Bouchet,S (2180) 1-0
Quintas Galeano, Lluis (2053) — Ano Pla, Gerard (2161) 0-1
Porta Tovar,Oriol (2015) — Ano Pla,Gerard (2143) 1-0
Vilar Lopez,M (2045) — Marin Badenas,V (1661) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e5 7.Nh3 Nge7
1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3 d6 6 f4 e5 7 Nh3 Nge7
e4 c5 Nc3 Nc6 g3 g6 Bg2 Bg7 d3 d6 f4 e5 Nh3 Nge7
e4, c5, Nc3, Nc6, g3, g6, Bg2, Bg7, d3, d6, f4, e5, Nh3, Nge7