Sicilian Defense: Katalimov Variation

B27

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6

How it went

85 ours · 145 masters

White wins 45% Draws 5% Black wins 50%

Continuations

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

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 · 2004
Topalov, Veselin — Bauer, Christian 0-1 · 2004
Karjakin, Sergey — Kamsky, Gata 1-0 · 2013
Robson, Ray — Kamsky, Gata 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Sutovsky, Emil — Jobava, Baadur 1-0 · 2014

Games in Spain

Duda,J (2731) — Martin Duque,J (2387) 1-0
Svidler,P (2683) — Martin Duque,J (2385) 1-0
Mkrtchyan,Levon (2245) — Nihal,Sarin (2677) 0-1
Shirov,A (2662) — Berzinsh,R (2373) 1-0
Fernandez Garcia,Gumersindo (2172) — Grandelius,N (2660) 0-1
Demchenko,A (2654) — Martin Duque,J (2424) 1-0
Bacrot,E (2653) — Martin Duque,J (2385) 0-1
Bacrot,E (2647) — Martin Duque,J (2378) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 b6
e4 c5 Nf3 b6
e4, c5, Nf3, b6