B22: Sicilian, 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3

Sicilian, 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation

B22 Sub-variants:

Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)
1. e4 c5 2. c3

Sicilian, 2.c3, Heidenfeld variation
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3

Overview

Games on Database:

123

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

30.1%

37.4%

32.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Wolfgang Heidenfeld	17 games
Vladimir Baklan	6 games
Sergey Smagin	4 games

Black
Istvan Csom	2 games
Edson Kenji Tsuboi	2 games
Ingi Randver Johannsson	2 games

Possible continuations:

5... g6

48

27.1 %

33.3 %

39.6 %

5... d6

46

30.4 %

43.5 %

26.1 %

5... e6

17

41.2 %

17.6 %

41.2 %

5... a6

6

16.7 %

50 %

33.3 %

5... Nb6

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

5... Qc7

2

50 %

50 %