Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Barcza Line

B28

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6

How it went

17 ours · 19 masters

White wins 65% Draws 0% Black wins 35%

Continuations

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

Master games

Almasi, Zoltan — Varga, Zoltan 1-0 · 2000
Rombaldoni, Denis — Areshchenko, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Almasi, Zoltan — Varga, Zo 1-0 · 2000
Zhigalko, Sergei — Kalashian, David 1-0 · 2017
Solak, Dragan — Benidze, Davit 1/2-1/2 · 2013

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2647) — Kalashian,D (2398) 1-0
Al Tarbosh,W (2248) — Lorenzo de la Riva,L (2415) 0-1
Mompel Ferruz,Xavier (2342) — Negrean,Andrei (2352) 1-0
Calvo Gonzalez,Jose Felix (2168) — Negrean,Andrei (2336) 0-1
Ljepic,Andrej (2321) — Garcia Cuenca,V (2284) 1-0
De la Cruz Revilla,M (2270) — Franke,T (2033) 1-0
Tallada Serret, Gerard (2187) — Gabaldon Escagedo, Eloy (1912) 1-0
Lirola Gimeno, Manuel Jaime (1791) — Gonzalez Lopez, Lucas 2013 (2183) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 Nf6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6 3 c3 Nf6
e4 c5 Nf3 a6 c3 Nf6
e4, c5, Nf3, a6, c3, Nf6