Chess openings / Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (B29) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6. In 1,997 games between strong players, White wins 46%, 12% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 3.e5 (63%).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6
- ECO
- B29
- Games between strong players
- 1,997
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.e5 | 63% (1,250) | Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Advance Variation | |
| 3.Nc3 | 28% (559) | Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation | |
| 3.d4 | 5% (104) | – | |
| 3.d3 | 4% (71) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5
More Sicilian Defense lines
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 106,774 games
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line 69,131 games
- Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 62,139 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 48,946 games
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation 47,769 games
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open 30,193 games
- Sicilian Defense: Closed 29,862 games
- Sicilian Defense: Open 27,951 games
- Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 24,896 games
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 16,544 games
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 16,215 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack 16,181 games
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