B29: Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6

Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation

B29 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6

Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein; Rubinstein counter-gambit
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6

Overview

Games on Database:

5334

Last Played:

May 2025

Overall score:

38.5%

31.2%

30.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Vlastimil Jansa	11 games
Stefan Kindermann	10 games
Ratmir Kholmov	9 games

Black
Aleksandr Rakhmanov	78 games
Yochanan Afek	64 games
Jacob Murey	50 games

Possible continuations:

3. Nc3

2527

36 %

31.2 %

32.8 %

3. e5

2469

41.3 %

31.8 %

26.9 %

3. d3

260

39.6 %

28.8 %

31.5 %

3. d4

44

25 %

20.5 %

54.5 %

3. Bc4

10

20 %

80 %

3. Qe2

8

37.5 %

25 %

37.5 %

3. Bd3

5

20 %

80 %

3. Bb5

4

50 %

25 %

25 %

3. c3

4

75 %

25 %

3. Ng1

2

50 %

50 %