Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation

B63

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7

How it went

71 ours · 1,847 masters

White wins 54% Draws 15% Black wins 31%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation B64 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 28 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation, Kantscher Line B63 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 5

Master games

Short, Nigel D — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 2015
Caruana, Fabiano — Vishnu, P... 1-0 · 2017
Santos Ruiz, Miguel — Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 · 2017
Morozevich, Alexander — Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 · 2008
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 1998

Games in Spain

Ragger,M (2584) — Llobel Cortell,E (2370) 1-0
Lopez Mijail,Nicolas (2245) — Jacobson,Brandon (2569) 0-1
Fedorchuk,S (2564) — Moreno Tejera,E (2422) 1-0
Gascon Del Nogal,Jose Rafael (2442) — Macias Pino,Diego (2512) 0-1
Suarez Uriel,A (2359) — Vasquez Schroeder,R (2495) 0-1
Rasulov,Vu (2478) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2426) 1-0
Moral Garcia,S (2214) — Fishbein,A (2434) 0-1
Fernandez Siles,L (2229) — Fishbein,A (2428) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd2 Be7
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Bg5 e6 Qd2 Be7
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Nc6, Bg5, e6, Qd2, Be7