B42: Sicilian, Kan, 5.Bd3

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3

Sicilian, Kan, 5.Bd3

B42 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Kan, 5.Bd3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3

Sicilian, Kan, Gipslis variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6

Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5

Sicilian, Kan, Swiss cheese variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6

Overview

Games on Database:

17459

Last Played:

Apr 2025

Overall score:

37.5%

32.2%

30.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Mladen Palac	48 games
Oleg Korneev	42 games
Thomas Luther	40 games

Black
Normunds Miezis	121 games
Florin Gheorghiu	91 games
Petar Velikov	75 games

Possible continuations:

5... Nf6

5402

34.7 %

33.7 %

31.6 %

5... Bc5

4987

34.6 %

32.7 %

32.7 %

5... Qc7

2571

44 %

27.3 %

28.7 %

5... Nc6

1695

43.7 %

34.7 %

21.7 %

5... g6

1013

36.7 %

33.3 %

30 %

5... Qb6

662

37.5 %

29.5 %

33.1 %

5... Ne7

462

36.1 %

34.6 %

29.2 %

5... d6

284

42.6 %

28.9 %

28.5 %

5... b5

208

51.4 %

19.2 %

29.3 %

5... d5

121

34.7 %

42.1 %

23.1 %

5... b6

39

51.3 %

25.6 %

23.1 %

5... e5

6

50 %

16.7 %

33.3 %

5... Bd6

4

50 %

25 %

25 %

5... ..Nf6

3

66.7 %

33.3 %