Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Traditional Line
B981. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7
How it went
165
ours
· 526
masters
White wins 43%
Draws 19%
Black wins 38%
Master games
- Leko, Peter — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2001
- Gadimbayli, Abdulla — Wang Hao 0-1 · 2022
- Burg, Twan — Ni, Hua 1-0 · 2009
- Oll, Lembit — Xu, Jun 1-0 · 1997
- Savchenko, Boris — Nedilko, Vasily 1-0 · 2010
Games in Spain
- Carbonell Sancho,Marc (2390) — Vasquez Schroeder,R (2520) 1-0
- Medarde Santiago, Luis Marcos (2428) — Hervada Rivera, Martin (1735) 1-0
- Arslanov,S (2410) — Urbina Perez,J (2221) 1-0
- Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2285) — Lee,Jun Hyeok (2404) 0-1
- Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2326) — Perez Gormaz,M (2404) 1-0
- Valmana Canto, Jaime (2382) — Khoroshykh, Yaroslav (2085) 1-0
- Cacheiro Blanco, Diego (2374) — Mhango, Banele (2269) 1-0
- Valle Luis,Leo (2354) — Winslow,E (2025) 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 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
- 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7
- e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 Bg5 e6 f4 Be7 Qf3 Qc7
- e4, c5, Nf3, d6, d4, cxd4, Nxd4, Nf6, Nc3, a6, Bg5, e6, f4, Be7, Qf3, Qc7