B57: Sicilian, Sozin, not Scheveningen

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4

Sicilian, Sozin, not Scheveningen

B57 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Sozin, not Scheveningen
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4

Sicilian, Magnus Smith trap
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5

Sicilian, Sozin, Benko variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6

Overview

Games on Database:

12179

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

35.5%

28.2%

36.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Nick E De Firmian	61 games
Dragoljub Velimirovic	58 games
Tom Wedberg	35 games

Black
Istvan Csom	63 games
Zdenko Kozul	48 games
Enrico Paoli	42 games

Possible continuations:

6... e6

5925

37.2 %

27.2 %

35.6 %

6... Qb6

4048

31.5 %

30.2 %

38.3 %

6... Bd7

1183

32 %

32.9 %

35.1 %

6... g6

466

51.3 %

15.9 %

32.8 %

6... e5

313

34.8 %

30.4 %

34.8 %

6... a6

136

55.1 %

18.4 %

26.5 %

6... Na5

30.6 %

23.6 %

45.8 %

6... Nxd4

84.6 %

6... Qa5

62.5 %

37.5 %

6... Bg4

60 %

20 %

6... Qc7

75 %

25 %

6... Ne5

33.3 %

6... Nxe4

50 %