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Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation

ECO B32 · 4,218 games · White to move

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

51% White6% Draw43% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
N1c3	2,750	65.2%
c4	984	23.3%
Be3	127	3.0%
a4	91	2.2%
Bc4	87	2.1%
N5c3	45	1.1%
Bd3	23	0.5%
Be2	23	0.5%
Bg5	14	0.3%
f4	10	0.2%

A further 64 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4 Sicilian Defense 1... c5 Sicilian Defense 2. Nf3 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 2... Nc6 Sicilian Defense: Open 3. d4 Sicilian Defense: Open 3... cxd4 Sicilian Defense: Open 4. Nxd4 Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation 4... e5Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation 5... d6

Other lines in this family

Löwenthal VariationB32…14,913 OpenB32…54,647 Accelerated DragonB32… 4... g613,776 OpenB33… 4... Nf611,501 Accelerated Dragon, Modern VariationB34… 4... g6 5. Nc37,601 Lasker-Pelikan VariationB33… 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e54,814 Accelerated Dragon, Exchange VariationB34… 4... g6 5. Nxc62,632 Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy BindB36… 4... g6 5. c42,483 Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy BindB37… 4... g6 5. c4 Bg72,307 Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy BindB38… 4... g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be32,144

All 239 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.