Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation

B33

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6

How it went

36 ours · 184 masters

White wins 47% Draws 14% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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

Master games

Shankland, Sam — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 · 2021
Harikrishna, Pentala — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Grischuk, Alexander — Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Karpov, Anatoly — Nunn, John D M 1-0 · 1982
Anand, Viswanathan — Kharlov, Andrei 1/2-1/2 · 1993

Games in Spain

Silva Lucena,Cristian (2211) — Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. (2692) 0-1
Pichot,A (2647) — Suder,Jakub (2321) 1/2-1/2
Diaz Camallonga,C (2474) — Cornette,M (2556) 1/2-1/2
Silva Lucena,Cristian (2227) — Harika,D (2517) 0-1
Alsina Leal,D (2498) — Munoz Pantoja,M (2442) 1/2-1/2
Diaz Perez,Michel Alejandro (2487) — Perpinya Rofes,L (2189) 1-0
Golubev,M (2461) — Escartin Lacasa,Jose (2277) 1-0
Rodriguez Redondo,Adhara (2048) — Martinez Ramirez,L (2431) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 Be6
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 Ndb5 d6 Bg5 a6 Na3 Be6
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, e5, Ndb5, d6, Bg5, a6, Na3, Be6