B97: Sicilian, Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3

Sicilian, Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation

B97 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Qb6
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6

Sicilian, Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3

Overview

Games on Database:

1247

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

30.6%

37.9%

31.4%

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Played frequently by:

White
Dragoljub Velimirovic	10 games
Jan H Timman	10 games
Teimour Radjabov	7 games

Black
Igor A Novikov	15 games
Alexander Areshchenko	14 games
Mathias Womacka	10 games

Possible continuations:

10. f5

652

28.1 %

45.7 %

26.2 %

10. e5

251

33.1 %

32.3 %

34.7 %

10. Bxf6

171

29.8 %

33.3 %

36.8 %

10. Be2

142

39.4 %

22.5 %

38 %

10. Rb3

20 %

80 %

10. Bd3

20 %

40 %

10. Bc4

28.6 %

14.3 %

57.1 %

10. Nb3

75 %

25 %