Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation

B45

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6

How it went

373 ours · 731 masters

White wins 47% Draws 20% Black wins 33%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 · 2001
Kasparov, Garry — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2001
Kasparov, Garry — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Firouzja, Alireza — Rapport, R.. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Caruana, Fabiano — Saric, Ivan 1/2-1/2 · 2021

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2630) — Aronian,L (2781) 0-1
Pichot,A (2630) — Mamedyarov,S (2770) 0-1
Medarde Santiago,L (2411) — Kramnik,V (2753) 0-1
Duda,J (2729) — Chigaev,M (2632) 1-0
Santos Latasa,J (2655) — Predke,A (2684) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2673) — Barria Zuniga,D (2341) 0-1
Shirov,A (2673) — Perez Candelario,Man (2566) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2668) — Narva,M (2387) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 Nxc6
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Nxc6
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, Nxc6