Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation, Other Continuations
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7
Main Transpositions
Most Popular
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O (706/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 (722/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 (964/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 (981/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 (866/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 (5498/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
TCEC Games
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (7cp, 276/M, TCEC +1=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 (19cp, 108/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 (12cp, 199/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Be7 (23cp, 35/M, TCEC +0=4-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 (2cp, 981/M, TCEC +2=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Rc8 (6cp, 11/M, TCEC +2=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 (5cp, 90/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 (2cp, 339/M, TCEC +1=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ (-10cp, 36/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4 d6 (29cp, 11/M, TCEC +0=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 (6cp, 5498/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
Biased Popular Lines
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd5 (175cp, -155cp; 7/M, 12%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (70cp, -64cp; 9/M, 21%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxd4 (90cp, -84cp; 39/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 (87cp, -45cp; 7/M, 26%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (90cp, -81cp; 8/M, 12%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Nb3 Ng6 (121cp, -102cp; 7/M, 45%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 b5 (94cp, -93cp; 20/M, 2%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 (71cp, -50cp; 8/M, 30%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. a3 Rc8 (82cp, -73cp; 9/M, 60%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 d6 (85cp, -84cp; 16/M, 4%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
Lines with Disagreement to Human Master Play
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6 (170cp, -151cp; 7/M, 25%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (70cp, -64cp; 9/M, 21%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxd4 (90cp, -84cp; 39/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nde2 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. g4 (71cp, -58cp; 6/M, 87%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 b5 (116cp, -100cp; 5/M, 22%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 O-O 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Bb6 Qb8 (75cp, -56cp; 5/M, 84%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Nb3 Ng6 (121cp, -102cp; 7/M, 45%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. a3 Rc8 (82cp, -73cp; 9/M, 60%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 Ne7 (90cp, -88cp; 5/M, 22%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ (64cp, -59cp; 34/M, 95%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 (79cp, -54cp; 6/M, 23%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
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