Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Alekhine Line

B74

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nb3 a5

How it went

7 ours · 19 masters

White wins 29% Draws 14% Black wins 57%

Continuations

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

Master games

Galkin, Alexander — Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Timofeev, Ar — Tregubov, Pavel V. 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Papadopoulos, I... — Papaioannou, I... 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Asrian, Karen — Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Thipsay, Praveen M — Kotsur, Pavel 1/2-1/2 · 2003

Games in Spain

Golubka,P (2408) — Rottenwohrer Suarez,Juan (2250) 1-0
Martin,Le (2196) — Suarez Uriel,A (2343) 0-1
Bruhovich,O (2208) — Vila Dupla,A (2056) 1-0
Bruhovich,O (2208) — Vila Dupla,A (2039) 0-1
Dias,Si (2102) — Vila Dupla,A (2042) 0-1
Thomas,Kenneth (1802) — Menac Comas,J (2096) 1/2-1/2
Hernandez De Armas,Leonardo (1755) — Ramirez Maillo,Juan Adonay (1909) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nb3 a5
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6 5 Nc3 Bg7 6 Be3 Nf6 7 Be2 O-O 8 O-O d6 9 Nb3 a5
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 g6 Nc3 Bg7 Be3 Nf6 Be2 O-O O-O d6 Nb3 a5
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, g6, Nc3, Bg7, Be3, Nf6, Be2, O-O, O-O, d6, Nb3, a5