Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation

B42

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5

How it went

182 ours · 1,786 masters

White wins 39% Draws 25% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2014
Duda, J.. — Carlsen, M.. 0-1 · 2022
Saric, Iv — Carlsen, M.. 0-1 · 2022
Adams, Michael — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2014
Harikrishna, Pentala — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2019

Games in Spain

Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2630) 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey (2747) — Vallejo Pons,F (2716) 1/2-1/2
Karjakin,Sergey (2747) — Vallejo Pons,F (2711) 0-1
Santos Latasa,J (2656) — Vitiugov,N (2720) 1-0
Sjugirov,S (2712) — Herrera Reyes,J (2341) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2690) — Vallejo Pons,F (2712) 1-0
Raja,H (2515) — Vallejo Pons,F (2712) 0-1
Sasikiran,K (2604) — Vallejo Pons,F (2712) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 a6 5 Bd3 Bc5
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 a6 Bd3 Bc5
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, a6, Bd3, Bc5