Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation

B97

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6

How it went

58 ours · 1,077 masters

White wins 31% Draws 36% Black wins 33%

Continuations

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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 21

Master games

Leko, Peter — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2001
Kamsky, Gata — Topalov, Veselin 0-1 · 2006
Caruana, Fabiano — Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 · 2017
Short, Nigel D — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 1993
Short, Nigel D — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 1995

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2630) — Grandelius,N (2670) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2625) — Ter Sahakyan,S (2637) 0-1
Grieve,Harry (2479) — Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2601) 1/2-1/2
Dudognon,Thibault (2389) — Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2594) 0-1
Fernandez Romero,Ern (2508) — Bulmaga,I (2434) 1/2-1/2
Valle Luis,Leo (2259) — Karttunen,M (2480) 0-1
Villar Perez,S (2188) — Vignesh,N R (2427) 1-0
Baskin,R (2392) — Cesar Maestre,Bernardo (2299) 1-0

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
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6
e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 Bg5 e6 f4 Qb6
e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, a6, Bg5, e6, f4, Qb6