Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation

B40

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5

How it went

32 ours · 83 masters

White wins 53% Draws 19% Black wins 28%

Continuations

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

Master games

Leko, Peter — Aronian, Levon 0-1 · 2013
Ragger, Markus — Jobava, Baadur 0-1 · 2018
Almasi, Zoltan — Fedorov, Alexei 1-0 · 2000
Svidler, Peter — Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador 1-0 · 1997
Zhang, Zhong — Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 · 1997

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2647) — Jobava,Ba (2603) 0-1
Pichot,A (2644) — Balakrishnan,Praveen (2500) 1/2-1/2
Sjugirov,S (2636) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2545) 1/2-1/2
Nigmatov,Ortik (2488) — Chigaev,M (2628) 0-1
Pichot,A (2625) — Pershin,Denis (2388) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2554) — Jobava,Ba (2603) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2598) — Jobava,Ba (2603) 0-1
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2559) — Silva Lucena,Cristian (2359) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 e5
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Bb4 e5
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Bb4, e5