Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation

B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5

How it went

145 ours · 969 masters

White wins 43% Draws 25% Black wins 32%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with d6 B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 49 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with Nf6 B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 23

Master games

Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2019
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Topalov, Veselin — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Adhiban, B.. — Gelfand, Boris 0-1 · 2015
Yu, Yangyi — Fedoseev, Vl3 1/2-1/2 · 2019

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Firouzja,Alireza (2763) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2704) — Gukesh,D (2684) 0-1
Shirov Alexei (2704) — Gukesh D. (2684) 0-1
Sindarov,Javokhir (2674) — Cuenca Jimenez,J (2479) 1-0
Santos Latasa,J (2656) — Cuenca Jimenez,J (2529) 1-0
Bartel,Mat (2629) — Cuenca Jimenez,J (2479) 1-0
Garrido Outon,Alex (2375) — Studer,N (2588) 0-1
Kourkoulos Arditis,Stamatis (2570) — Cuenca Jimenez,J (2472) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 e5
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 e5
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, e5