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Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Exchange Variation

ECO B33 · 621 games · Black to move

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6

47% White6% Draw47% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
bxc6	591	95.2%
dxc6	17	2.7%

A further 13 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: Open 4... Nf6 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation 5... e5Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Exchange Variation 6. Nxc6

Other lines in this family

Lasker-Pelikan VariationB33…4,814 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov VariationB33… 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b51,426 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk VariationB33… 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd51,369 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Schlechter VariationB33… 6. Nb31,140 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Retreat VariationB33… 6. Nf3846 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov VariationB33… 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5245 Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk VariationB33… 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7192 Sozin Attack, Leonhardt VariationB88… 5... d6 6. Bc4 e6231 Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern VariationB67… 5... d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7155 Boleslavsky VariationB59… 5... d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3113

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.