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

How it went

73 ours · 423 masters

White wins 33% Draws 17% Black wins 50%

Continuations

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

Master games

Anand, V... — Polgar, Judit 1/2-1/2 · 2005
Topalov, Veselin — Svidler, Peter 1-0 · 2014
Shirov, Alexei — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Karjakin, Sergey — Kurnosov, Igor 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Karjakin, Sergey — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2012

Games in Spain

Kramnik,V (2753) — Pichot,A (2647) 1-0
Eljanov,P (2672) — Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2491) 0-1
Gonzalez Lopez, Mario — Santos Latasa, Jaime (2662) 0-1
Zhu,Jiner (2467) — Pichot,A (2644) 0-1
Shandrygin,Nikita (2209) — Pichot,A (2644) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2644) — Nguyen Hong Nhung (2214) 1-0
Matinian,N (2407) — Pichot,A (2638) 0-1
Pichot,A (2630) — Liang,Justin (2067) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nc6 Nc3 Qc7 Be3 a6 Be2
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nc6, Nc3, Qc7, Be3, a6, Be2