Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with Nf6

B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6

How it went

23 ours · 205 masters

White wins 26% Draws 26% Black wins 48%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2004
So, Wesley — Harika, Dronavalli 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru — Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 · 2014
So, Wesley — Gelfand, Boris 1-0 · 2014
So, Wesley — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 2019

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2630) — Rios,Cr (2464) 1/2-1/2
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) — Harshad,S (2328) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2559) — Grochal,J (2269) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (2555) — Gimenez Moreno, Carlos (1595) 1-0
Kadric,D (2553) — Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2519) 1/2-1/2
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2547) — Dau Khuong Duy (2489) 0-1
Asis Gargatagli,H (2490) — Alsina Leal,D (2465) 0-1
Gomez Sanchez,Jorge Marcos (2288) — Vazquez Igarza,R (2488) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Bc4 Be7 5 d3 Nf6
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 e5 Bc4 Be7 d3 Nf6
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, e5, Bc4, Be7, d3, Nf6