Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order Accepted

B50

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4

How it went

25 ours · 83 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

Anand V — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 · 2017
Anand, Viswanathan — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Lékó, Péter — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Giri, Anish 0-1 · 2012
Malakhov, Vladimir — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 · 2013

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2638) — Skvortsov,Andrei (2252) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2632) — Galperin,Platon (2534) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2632) — Skvortsov,Andrei (2249) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Skvortsov,Andrei (2313) 1-0
Krysa,L (2531) — Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2346) 0-1
Demuth,A (2488) — Alonso Moyano,J (2334) 1/2-1/2
Valle,Lu (2284) — Golubev,M (2461) 0-1
Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2377) — Magold,Filip (2400) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nxe4
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nf6 4 dxc5 Nxe4
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 Nf6 dxc5 Nxe4
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, Nf6, dxc5, Nxe4