B97: Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Qb6

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

Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Qb6

B97 Sub-variants:

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

Sicilian, Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
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

Overview

Games on Database:

3263

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

31.4%

35.4%

33.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Thomas Luther	23 games
Jonny Hector	20 games
Jan H Timman	16 games

Black
Igor A Novikov	35 games
Peter Szekely	23 games
Miguel Angel Quinteros	22 games

Possible continuations:

8. Qd2

1997

30.4 %

38.1 %

31.5 %

8. Nb3

934

33.1 %

30.4 %

36.5 %

8. Qd3

148

34.5 %

39.9 %

25.7 %

8. a3

115

39.1 %

28.7 %

32.2 %

8. Bxf6

21.8 %

29.1 %

49.1 %

8. f5

40 %

60 %

8. e5

25 %

75 %

8. Rb1

50 %