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

How it went

5 ours · 280 masters

White wins 80% Draws 0% Black wins 20%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1-0 · 1998
Polgar, Judit — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Kasparov, Garry — Hracek, Zbynek 1-0 · 1996
Kasparov, Garry RUS — Hracek, Zbynek CZE 1-0 · 1996
Karjakin, Sergey — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2008

Games in Spain

Pridorozhni,A (2601) — Draghici Flutur,G (2125) 1-0
Wagner,De (2581) — Marchena Hurtado,J (2322) 1-0
Sargissyan,S (2267) — Gonzalez Garcia,J2 (2465) 0-1
Vega Gutierrez,S (2380) — Gara,T (2371) 1-0
Leon Serralbo, Jose Manuel (1899) — Gonzalez Rueda, Jose Luis (1889) 1-0

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 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5
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
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Bg5 e6 Qd2 Be7 O-O-O Nxd4 Qxd4 a6 f4 b5
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Nc6, Bg5, e6, Qd2, Be7, O-O-O, Nxd4, Qxd4, a6, f4, b5