B40: Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

Sicilian, Anderssen variation

B40 Sub-variants:

Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6

Sicilian, Marshall variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5

Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4

Sicilian, Anderssen variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

Sicilian, Pin variation (Sicilian counter-attack)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4

Sicilian, Pin, Jaffe variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 e5

Sicilian, Pin, Koch variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5

Overview

Games on Database:

26862

Last Played:

Apr 2024

Overall score:

36.3%

31.1%

32.6%

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Played frequently by:

White
Robert Zelcic	47 games
Aleksander Sznapik	36 games
Ljubomir Ljubojevic	29 games

Black
Gyula Sax	127 games
Lutz Espig	112 games
Andrei Sokolov	111 games

Possible continuations:

5. Nc3

23592

36.9 %

31.4 %

31.6 %

5. Bd3

2874

33 %

29.5 %

37.5 %

5. Bg5

119

18.5 %

20.2 %

61.3 %

5. f3

110

21.8 %

27.3 %

50.9 %

5. e5

76.3 %

5. Nd2

46.7 %

20 %

33.3 %

5. c3

20 %

80 %

5. Qd3

25 %

75 %

5. Qe2

25 %

75 %

5. Be3

50 %

25 %

5. Qf3

33.3 %

66.7 %

5. Nb5

50 %

5. Na3

50 %