Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line

B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5

How it went

4 ours · 101 masters

White wins 25% Draws 25% Black wins 50%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Kasparov, Garry — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Kasparov, Garry — Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 · 1998
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2011
Kasparov, Garry — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2005

Games in Spain

Bilguun,Sumiya (2454) — Rubio Tent,F (2357) 1-0
Santos Flores,A (2200) — Llorente Zaro,A (2436) 1/2-1/2
Gonzalez De La Torre, Santiago (2398) — Ruiz Abad, Juan Manuel (2233) 0-1
Calzetta Ruiz,M (2221) — Nadzamova,Viktoria (2126) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Bc4 Be7 5 d3 d6 6 Nd2 Bg5
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 e5 Bc4 Be7 d3 d6 Nd2 Bg5
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, e5, Bc4, Be7, d3, d6, Nd2, Bg5