Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Sveshnikov Transfer

B45

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6

How it went

25 ours · 38 masters

White wins 44% Draws 20% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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

Master games

Polgar, Judit — Vaisser, Anatoly 1-0 · 1993
Adams, M.. — Chandler, Murray G 0-1 · 1991
Sax, Gyula — Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 · 1979
Zaitsev, Igor A — Kharlov, Andrei 1-0 · 1997
Sofronie, Iulian — Parligras, Mircea-Emilian 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Ventura Bolet,M (2233) — Grigoriants,S RUS (2562) 0-1
Narva,M (2400) — Dahlgren,James Allen (1770) 1-0
Perez Leiva,Jerzy Jesus (2384) — Dahlgren,James Allen (1858) 1-0
Mingarro Carceller,S (2361) — Venkat,Raghav (2167) 1-0
Terletsky,O (2195) — Alvarez Fernandez,E (2349) 1-0
Baches Garcia,G (2329) — Wagh,Suyog (2246) 0-1
Osuna Vega,E (2061) — Liu,Yi (2319) 1-0
Alikulov,Elbek (2305) — Lopez del Alamo,An (2166) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 Ndb5 d6
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Ndb5 d6
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, Ndb5, d6