Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Swiss Cheese Variation

B42

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6

How it went

30 ours · 410 masters

White wins 40% Draws 20% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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

Master games

Karjakin, Sergey — Bologan, Victor 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Anand, Viswanathan — Livshits, Gaby 1-0 · 2006
Anand V — Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 · 2018
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios — Kamsky, Gata 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Adams, Michael — Lalic, Bogdan 1-0 · 2001

Games in Spain

Vallejo Pons,F (2680) — Tisdall,J (2381) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Kamsky,G (2658) 0-1
Valle Luis,Leo (2189) — Kamsky,G (2634) 0-1
Martinez Montes,Juan Manuel (2069) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2629) 0-1
Alekseev,Evgeny (2623) — Iturrizaga,E (2597) 1/2-1/2
Kuzubov,Y (2612) — Martinez Fernandez,David (1847) 0-1
Moussard,J (2611) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2591) 0-1
Shirov,A (2610) — Flores,Di (2567) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 a6 5 Bd3 g6
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 a6 Bd3 g6
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, a6, Bd3, g6