Sicilian Defense: Velimirovic Attack

B89

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2

How it went

8 ours · 380 masters

White wins 38% Draws 25% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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

Master games

Topalov, Veselin — Kasparov, G... 0-1 · 1998
Topalov, Veselin — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 1998
Aronian, Levon — Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 · 2018
Topalov, Veselin — Leko, Peter 1-0 · 1996
Aronian, Levon — Gelfand, Boris 0-1 · 2006

Games in Spain

Erdogdu,M (2396) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Rozhkov,Ve (2248) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Plazuelo Pascual,Juan (2441) — Del Prado Rodriguez,Xulio (2295) 1-0
Castro Quijano,Eduardo (2065) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2419) 1/2-1/2
Silva Lucena,Cristian (2375) — Nechitaylo,Nikita (2216) 1-0
Suarez Uriel,A (2354) — Warchol,Kamil (2126) 1-0
Martin Rueda,D (2233) — Iliev,Hristiyan (2218) 1/2-1/2
Rudzinska,Michalina (2228) — Sanz Losada,V (2049) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Bc4 e6 7 Be3 Be7 8 Qe2
e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 d6 Bc4 e6 Be3 Be7 Qe2
e4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, d6, Bc4, e6, Be3, Be7, Qe2