B22: Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)

1. e4 c5 2. c3

Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)

B22 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)
1. e4 c5 2. c3

Sicilian, 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3

Overview

Games on Database:

58802

Last Played:

Apr 2025

Overall score:

34.5%

33.3%

32.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Evgeny Sveshnikov	342 games
Drazen Sermek	250 games
Dusko Pavasovic	243 games

Black
Zdenko Kozul	68 games
Miso Cebalo	68 games
Ognjen Cvitan	51 games

Possible continuations:

2... d5

21308

33.9 %

36.1 %

30 %

2... Nf6

20475

31.2 %

34.3 %

34.4 %

2... e6

5431

35.4 %

32.4 %

32.3 %

2... d6

5272

39.5 %

27.9 %

32.6 %

2... g6

2131

33.4 %

29.6 %

37 %

2... Nc6

1535

57.5 %

18.2 %

24.4 %

2... e5

1136

42.8 %

28.3 %

29 %

2... b6

821

38.6 %

26.8 %

34.6 %

2... Qa5

554

39.7 %

24.4 %

35.9 %

2... a6

93

46.2 %

20.4 %

33.3 %

2... Qc7

41

29.3 %

31.7 %

39 %

2... h6

2

50 %

50 %