Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Yates Variation

B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3

How it went

161 ours · 241 masters

White wins 42% Draws 21% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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

Master games

Nakamura, Hikaru — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 · 2017
Polgar, Judit — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Grischuk, Alexander — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Polgar, Judit — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 2014
Adams, Michael — Giri, A... 1/2-1/2 · 2019

Games in Spain

Nepomniachtchi,I (2770) — Povshednyi,Ivan (2242) 1-0
Duda,J (2731) — Pichot,A (2644) 1-0
Pichot,A (2651) — Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) 0-1
Vega Gutierrez,S (2370) — Topalov,V (2728) 0-1
Vega Gutierrez,S (2361) — Keymer,Vincent (2700) 1-0
Pichot,A (2644) — Nihal,Sarin (2693) 0-1
Kryvoruchko,Y (2686) — Chigaev,M (2639) 1/2-1/2
Baches Garcia,G (2329) — Sjugirov,S (2680) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bd3
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 Bd3
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, a6, Bd3