B50: Sicilian

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

Sicilian

B50 Sub-variants:

Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

Sicilian, wing gambit deferred
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4

Overview

Games on Database:

242749

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

36.8%

30%

33.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Viswanathan Anand	282 games
Vlastimil Jansa	279 games
Michael Adams	249 games

Black
Lubomir Ftacnik	391 games
Loek Van Wely	339 games
Boris Gelfand	314 games

Possible continuations:

3. d4

189157

37.8 %

29 %

33.2 %

3. Bb5+

27459

31.2 %

39.7 %

29.1 %

3. c3

11067

38.9 %

29 %

32.1 %

3. Nc3

5728

32.6 %

28 %

39.4 %

3. Bc4

4095

36.5 %

23.5 %

40.1 %

3. d3

1823

30 %

25.5 %

44.5 %

3. g3

1343

33.9 %

28.4 %

37.7 %

3. c4

577

27.6 %

27.2 %

45.2 %

3. b3

451

30.8 %

23.9 %

45.2 %

3. Be2

370

30.3 %

19.5 %

50.3 %

3. h3

274

25.2 %

15.7 %

59.1 %

3. b4

253

36.8 %

18.2 %

45.1 %

3. Bd3

102

38.2 %

32.4 %

29.4 %

3. e5

26

19.2 %

19.2 %

61.5 %

3. a3

12

33.3 %

16.7 %

50 %

3. Qe2

4

100 %

3. a4

3

66.7 %

33.3 %

3. Ng5

2

100 %