Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack

B40

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3

How it went

305 ours · 1,085 masters

White wins 41% Draws 22% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Banikas, Hristos 1-0 · 2001
Kasparov, Garry — Banikas, Hristos 1-0 · 2001
Carlsen, Magnus — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2012
Carlsen, Magnus — Polgar, Judit 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Kasparov, Garry — So, Wesley 0-1 · 2016

Games in Spain

Grischuk,A (2776) — Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2491) 1-0
Caruana,F (2766) — Chigaev,M (2632) 0-1
Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2630) 1/2-1/2
Lana Rodriguez,D (2382) — Kramnik,V (2753) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2617) — Andreikin,D (2729) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2632) — Le,Quang Liem (2728) 0-1
Topalov,V (2728) — Vega Gutierrez,S (2361) 1-0
Vallejo Diaz,Ja (2365) — Maghsoodloo,Parham (2721) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 b3
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 b3
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, b3