Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack

B48

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3

How it went

628 ours · 3,706 masters

White wins 44% Draws 18% Black wins 38%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation B49 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 73

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 · 2014
Carlsen, Magnus — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2013
Grandelius, Nils — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Kasparov, Garry — Ye, Jiangchuan 1-0 · 2002
Carlsen, Magnus — Ding, Liren 0-1 · 2017

Games in Spain

Caruana,F (2804) — Pichot,A (2644) 1/2-1/2
Nepomniachtchi,I (2789) — Pichot,A (2630) 1-0
Dominguez Perez,L (2758) — Santos Latasa,J (2575) 1/2-1/2
Dominguez Perez,L (2758) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Aronian,L (2742) 0-1
Nakamura,Hi (2736) — Pichot,A (2630) 1-0
Pichot,A (2641) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1/2-1/2
Andreikin,D (2725) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nc6 Nc3 Qc7 Be3
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nc6, Nc3, Qc7, Be3