B32: Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

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

Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

B32 Sub-variants:

Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

Sicilian, Flohr variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7

Sicilian, Nimzovich variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5

Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5

Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6

Overview

Games on Database:

13725

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

37.1%

30.2%

32.7%

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Played frequently by:

White
Oleg Korneev	21 games
Jolanta Zawadzka	20 games
Mladen Palac	18 games

Black
Evgeny Sveshnikov	105 games
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov	85 games
Pavel Potapov	82 games

Possible continuations:

5. Nb5

11824

38.2 %

31.7 %

30.1 %

5. Nb3

685

30.7 %

23.8 %

45.5 %

5. Nf3

629

32.4 %

15.7 %

51.8 %

5. Nxc6

398

28.9 %

18.1 %

53 %

5. Nf5

136

23.5 %

29.4 %

47.1 %

5. Ne2

39.2 %

27.5 %

33.3 %

5. Nc3

100 %