B51: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+

Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack

B51 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+

Overview

Games on Database:

28732

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

31.1%

39.8%

29.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Eduardas Rozentalis	79 games
Sergei Rublevsky	76 games
Petr Velicka	71 games

Black
Maxime Vachier Lagrave	57 games
Lubomir Ftacnik	48 games
Krum Georgiev	48 games

Possible continuations:

3... Bd7

14991

31.8 %

43.1 %

25 %

3... Nd7

10316

29.7 %

36.8 %

33.5 %

3... Nc6

3423

32.5 %

33.9 %

33.6 %

3... Qd7

2

50 %

50 %