Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation

B29

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3

How it went

152 ours · 371 masters

White wins 38% Draws 20% Black wins 42%

Continuations

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

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Anand V — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Anand, Viswanathan — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 · 2018
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Grachev, Boris 1-0 · 2017
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Grandelius, Nils 1-0 · 2016

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Xiong,Jeffery (2692) 1-0
Shirov,A (2661) — Skotheim,Andreas (2214) 1-0
Shirov,A (2652) — Naroditsky,D (2619) 0-1
Bartel,Mat (2648) — Gavilan Diaz,M (2278) 1-0
Shirov,A (2648) — Khatoev,E (2409) 1-0
Plat,V (2516) — Pichot,A (2633) 1/2-1/2
Chigaev,M (2632) — Baskakov,Egor (2215) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2632) — Adly,A (2596) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3
e4 c5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
e4, c5, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3