Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
B901. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
How it went
3,996
ours
· 27,704
masters
White wins 41%
Draws 17%
Black wins 42%
Continuations
10
Master games
- Carlsen, Magnus — Aronian, Levon 1-0 · 2019
- Carlsen, Magnus — Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 · 2013
- Carlsen, Magnus — Grandelius, Nils 1-0 · 2021
- Shirov, Alexei — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2000
- Grischuk, Alexander — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 2001
Games in Spain
- Chigaev,M (2631) — Mamedyarov,S (2770) 1-0
- Anton Guijarro,D (2679) — Giri,A (2764) 1/2-1/2
- Pichot,A (2597) — Vachier Lagrave,M (2734) 1/2-1/2
- Vidit,S (2727) — Shirov,A (2704) 1-0
- Boix Redorta,Roc (2118) — Nepomniachtchi,I (2723) 0-1
- Yu Yangyi (2716) — Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2587) 1-0
- Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Yuffa,D (2587) 1/2-1/2
- Chigaev,M (2631) — Xiong,Jeffery (2709) 0-1
This line is also written
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
- 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6
- e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6
- e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, a6