Sicilian Defense: Kveinis Variation

B40

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6

How it went

44 ours · 237 masters

White wins 52% Draws 14% Black wins 34%

Continuations

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

Master games

Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Guliyev, Namig — Bauer, Christian 1-0 · 2012
Topalov, Veselin — Short, Nigel D 0-1 · 1997
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Short, Nigel D 1-0 · 1997
Anand, Viswanathan — Polgar, Judit 1-0 · 1995

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2662) — Lehtosaari,Mauri (2199) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Das,Arg (2453) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Lehtosaari,Mauri (2199) 1-0
Martinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo (2620) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2561) 1-0
Perez Candelario,Man (2588) — Lehtosaari,Mauri (2141) 1-0
Perez Candelario,Man (2584) — Salman,Ilhan Serhat (2092) 1-0
Petrovskyi,Vadym (2330) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) 1-0
Fieberg,Samuel (2187) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Qb6
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Qb6
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Qb6