Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line

B77

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4

How it went

281 ours · 1,424 masters

White wins 53% Draws 17% Black wins 30%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Byrne Variation B77 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 a5

Master games

Movsesian, Sergei — Fedorov, Alexei 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Motylev, Alexander — Savchenko, Boris 1-0 · 2007
Lastin, Alexander — Chernyshov, Konstantin 1-0 · 2001
Savchenko, Boris — Moiseenko, Vadim 1-0 · 2017
Timofeev, Artyom — Kuderinov, Kirill 1/2-1/2 · 2015

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2662) — Laizans,Aivars 1-0
Korneev, Oleg (2445) — Zhuikov, Edgard (2174) 1-0
Nigalidze,G (2368) — Rodriguez Avila,Alvaro (2212) 1-0
Espinoza Palomino,W (2346) — Rodriguez Falcon,J (1991) 1-0
Arias Igual,A (2306) — Wang,Alexander J (1911) 1-0
Bressac, Stephane (2301) — Loureda Garcia, Jose Antonio (1753) 1-0
Machidon,Cristi (2301) — Guzman Moneo,A (2146) 0-1
Mateos Rozas,M (2213) — Palencia,W (2286) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 O-O 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 Bc4
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 g6 Be3 Bg7 f3 O-O Qd2 Nc6 Bc4
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, g6, Be3, Bg7, f3, O-O, Qd2, Nc6, Bc4