B96: Sicilian, Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5

Sicilian, Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation

B96 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Najdorf, 7.f4
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4

Sicilian, Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5

Sicilian, Najdorf, Polugayevsky, Simagin variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2

Overview

Games on Database:

820

Last Played:

Dec 2023

Overall score:

40.1%

22.4%

37.4%

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Played frequently by:

White
Yehuda Gruenfeld	5 games
Jonny Hector	4 games
Nicola Pegoraro	3 games

Black
Lev Polugaevsky	29 games
Stefano Tatai	12 games
Stefan Bromberger	8 games

Possible continuations:

8. e5

598

43.8 %

22.9 %

33.3 %

8. Qf3

35.1 %

17 %

47.9 %

8. Bd3

27.1 %

22 %

50.8 %

8. a3

19.6 %

29.4 %

51 %

8. Be2

16.7 %

33.3 %

50 %

8. Qe2

75 %

25 %

8. a4

50 %

8. Bxf6

100 %

8. Qd3

50 %