Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation

B58

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5

How it went

28 ours · 535 masters

White wins 43% Draws 18% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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

Master games

Short, Nigel D — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1996
Morozevich, Alexander — Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 · 2009
Gelfand, Boris — Karpov, Anatoly 1/2-1/2 · 1994
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Delgado Ramirez, Neuris 1-0 · 2005
Apicella, Manuel — Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 · 1994

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2638) — Harshavardhan,G B (2449) 1/2-1/2
Barbosa,Ev (2509) — Baches Garcia,G (2329) 1-0
Kovchan,A (2482) — Povshednyi,Ivan (2169) 1-0
Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier (2475) — Mompel Ferruz, Xavier (2306) 1/2-1/2
Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2475) — Mompel Ferruz,Xavier (2291) 1/2-1/2
Lazaro Pujol,Abel (2310) — Gonzalez Garcia,J2 (2466) 0-1
Fishbein,A (2443) — Baches Garcia,G (2329) 1-0
Bharath,Subramaniyam H (2437) — Baches Garcia,G (2329) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Be2 e5
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Be2 e5
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Nc6, Be2, e5