Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation

B70

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6

How it went

1,640 ours · 4,858 masters

White wins 49% Draws 15% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation B72 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 1,260 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation B70 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 160 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Fianchetto Variation B70 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 57 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation B71 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 50

Master games

Adams, Michael — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 1998
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Gashimov, Vugar 0-1 · 2009
Pranav, V. — Erigaisi, Arjun 0-1 · 2022
Ponomariov, Ruslan — Golubev, Mikhail 1-0 · 2008

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2621) — Popilski,G (2443) 1-0
Moradiabadi,E (2555) — Fernandez Siles,L (2256) 1-0
Beerdsen,Thomas (2535) — Asensio Ramos,E (2206) 1-0
Krzyzanowski,M (2512) — Martinez Martin,D (2385) 1-0
Karttunen,M (2490) — De Lomas Busquets,Alba (1982) 0-1
Solodovnichenko,Y (2486) — Exposito Milan,Adrian (2073) 1/2-1/2
Fernandez Guillen,E (2477) — Lacasa Diaz,J (2359) 1-0
Ranoto,Tumelo — Arribas Lopez,A (2437) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 g6
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, g6