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B32: Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6

Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation

B32 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 8708
Last Played: Jun 2026
Overall score:
36.3% 31.6% 32.2%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Jolanta Zawadzka 17 games
Alexei Shirov 17 games
Semen I Dvoirys 16 games
Black  
Evgeny Sveshnikov 92 games
Pavel Potapov 86 games
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov 86 games

Possible continuations:

6. N1c3  4337
35 % 31 % 34 %
6. c4  3426
36.9 % 32.9 % 30.2 %
6. a4  368
38 % 31.5 % 30.4 %
6. Be3  200
41.5 % 30.5 % 28 %
6. Bc4  131
42.7 % 28.2 % 29 %
6. N5c3  86
37.2 % 29.1 % 33.7 %
6. g3  67
40.3 % 26.9 % 32.8 %
6. Be2  33
30.3 % 27.3 % 42.4 %
6. Bg5  19
47.4 % 15.8 % 36.8 %
6. N1a3  10
60 % 20 % 20 %
6. N5a3  10
40 % 50 %
6. Bd3  7
42.9 % 28.6 % 28.6 %
6. Nd2  5
40 % 20 % 40 %
6. f4  4
25 % 75 %
6. c3  2
50 % 50 %