B46: Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6

Sicilian, Taimanov variation

B46 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 7815
Last Played: Feb 2019
Overall score:
37.4%33.9%28.7%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Dragoljub Velimirovic 24 games
Aleksander Sznapik 23 games
Vlastimil Jansa 22 games
Black  
Mark E Taimanov 157 games
Vlastimil Jansa 117 games
Sergei Rublevsky 83 games

Possible continuations:

6. Be2  2462
37.2 % 35.3 % 27.5 %
6. Be3  2090
37.8 % 30.8 % 31.4 %
6. Nxc6  1266
38.5 % 36.4 % 25 %
6. g3  1213
36.4 % 38.4 % 25.2 %
6. f4  213
39 % 34.7 % 26.3 %
6. a3  191
36.6 % 23.6 % 39.8 %
6. Bf4  126
46 % 24.6 % 29.4 %
6. Bc4  126
23.8 % 22.2 % 54 %
6. Nb3  54
38.9 % 29.6 % 31.5 %
6. a4  25
32 % 24 % 44 %
6. Nf3  16
31.3 % 25 % 43.8 %
6. f3  14
42.9 % 14.3 % 42.9 %
6. Qd3  8
25 % 75 %
6. g4  5
40 % 20 % 40 %
6. Bd3  2
100 %