Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maróczy Bind, Paulsen Line

B28

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6

How it went

72 ours · 139 masters

White wins 39% Draws 14% Black wins 47%

Continuations

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

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2004
Radjabov, Teimour — Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Yu, Yangyi — Karthikeyan M2 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Beikert, Guenther — Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 · 2005
Cornette, Matthieu — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 · 2009

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2640) — Bilguun,Sumiya (2466) 1-0
Buendia Pinar,A (2318) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2613) 0-1
Baches Garcia,G (2329) — Antipov,M2 (2611) 1-0
Olenik Campa,Rudi (2299) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2600) 0-1
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (2587) — Sanchez Corujo, Jose (2138) 1-0
Baches Garcia,G (2326) — Goryachkina,A (2584) 0-1
Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2581) — Makarian,Rudik (2499) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Kozak,Adam (2571) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6 3 c4 e6
e4 c5 Nf3 a6 c4 e6
e4, c5, Nf3, a6, c4, e6