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

How it went

28 ours · 846 masters

White wins 54% Draws 21% Black wins 25%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Rauzer Attack B65 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 Nxd4 20

Master games

Anand, V... — Kasparov, G... 0-1 · 1995
Leko, Peter — Khalifman, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Andreikin, Dmitry — Smirin, Ilia 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Leko, Peter — Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 · 1995
Navara, David — Popov, Ivan RUS 0-1 · 2015

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Gurevich,D (2393) 1-0
Rodshtein,M (2613) — Llobel Cortell,E (2370) 1/2-1/2
Bilych,Olexiy (2437) — De la Puerta Cresis,J (2240) 1-0
Silva Lucena,Cristian (2234) — Gurevich,D (2390) 1-0
Cabezas Ayala, Ivan (2235) — Romero Llorente, Pablo (1853) 1-0
Rey Malde,H (2196) — Draghici Flutur,G (2032) 1-0
Pardo Ruiz,Carlos (2042) — De la Puerta Cresis,J (2177) 0-1
Luke Brezmes,C (2040) — Arus Blanch,D (2054) 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 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4
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
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 Bg5 e6 Qd2 Be7 O-O-O O-O f4
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, Nc6, Bg5, e6, Qd2, Be7, O-O-O, O-O, f4