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: 7840
Last Played: May 2019
Overall score:
37.4%34%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  2466
37.2 % 35.3 % 27.5 %
6. Be3  2096
37.8 % 30.7 % 31.4 %
6. Nxc6  1275
38.5 % 36.6 % 24.9 %
6. g3  1216
36.3 % 38.3 % 25.4 %
6. f4  213
39 % 34.7 % 26.3 %
6. a3  191
36.6 % 23.6 % 39.8 %
6. Bf4  128
46.1 % 25 % 28.9 %
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  9
33.3 % 66.7 %
6. g4  5
40 % 20 % 40 %
6. Bd3  2
100 %