Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted

B97

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3

How it went

21 ours · 419 masters

White wins 29% Draws 33% Black wins 38%

Continuations

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

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 · 2021
Caruana, Fabiano — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 · 2021
Caruana, Fabiano — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 · 2019
Vallejo Pons, Francisco — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2010

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2619) — Vitiugov,N (2720) 1/2-1/2
Chigaev,M (2639) — Alekseenko,K (2710) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2630) — Ivanchuk,V (2678) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Cotonnec,M (2294) 1-0
Muzychuk,A (2526) — Yuffa,D (2600) 1/2-1/2
Calvo Gonzalez,Jose Felix (2198) — Karttunen,M (2489) 1-0
Remolar Gallen,J (2305) — Karttunen,M (2488) 0-1
Md.,Shar (2120) — Pena Gomez,M (2488) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6 8 Qd2 Qxb2 9 Rb1 Qa3
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 Bg5 e6 f4 Qb6 Qd2 Qxb2 Rb1 Qa3
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, a6, Bg5, e6, f4, Qb6, Qd2, Qxb2, Rb1, Qa3