Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Ivanov Variation

B63

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6

How it went

14 ours · 297 masters

White wins 50% Draws 14% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 1-0 · 2002
Anand, Viswanathan — Avrukh, Boris 1-0 · 2000
Oparin, G.. — Rapport, R.. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Morozevich, Alexander — Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 · 2005
Svidler, Peter — Korotylev, Alexey 1-0 · 2004

Games in Spain

Topalov,V (2730) — Matnadze,A (2423) 0-1
Shirov,A (2662) — Chen,Ryo (2165) 1-0
Pichot,A (2599) — Kozul,Z (2495) 1-0
Montoliu Cervero,F (2386) — Chen,Ryo (2432) 0-1
Vega Gutierrez,S (2385) — Matnadze,A (2423) 1-0
Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2417) — Villar,Ju (2131) 1/2-1/2
Ayats Llobera, Gerard (2417) — Villar Reymundo, Juan Antonio (2131) 1/2-1/2
Botta,Massimiliano (2230) — Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2411) 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 Qb6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd2 Qb6
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Bg5 e6 Qd2 Qb6
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Nc6, Bg5, e6, Qd2, Qb6