B89: Sicilian, Velimirovic attack

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2

Sicilian, Velimirovic attack

B89 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Sozin, 7.Be3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3

Sicilian, Velimirovic attack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2

Overview

Games on Database:

1804

Last Played:

Dec 2023

Overall score:

42.7%

25.6%

31.7%

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Played frequently by:

White
John D M Nunn	13 games
Tom Wedberg	13 games
Nick E De Firmian	13 games

Black
Zigurds Lanka	15 games
Walter Wittmann	14 games
Alfred Weindl	12 games

Possible continuations:

8... a6

893

42.3 %

26.1 %

31.6 %

8... O-O

688

43.9 %

25 %

31.1 %

8... Bd7

112

36.6 %

24.1 %

39.3 %

8... Qc7

68

44.1 %

23.5 %

32.4 %

8... Nxd4

22

40.9 %

40.9 %

18.2 %

8... Na5

10

30 %

30 %

40 %

8... e5

4

75 %

25 %

8... Qa5

3

100 %

8... d5

3

66.7 %

33.3 %