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Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation

ECO B51 · 6,778 games · Black to move

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
47% White8% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bd73,79656.0%Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line B52
Nd72,04830.2%
Nc691413.5%

A further 20 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4Sicilian Defense 1... c5Sicilian Defense 2. Nf3Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 2... d6Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 3. Bb5+

Other lines in this family

Moscow Variation, Main LineB52… 3... Bd73,784Moscow Variation, Sokolsky VariationB52… 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4317Modern VariationsB50…88,092Sicilian DefenseB50… 3. d449,980Sicilian DefenseB50… 3. d4 cxd449,052Modern Variations, Main LineB54… 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf635,427Najdorf VariationB90… 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a621,567Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6B50… 3. c39,717Dragon VariationB70… 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g67,462Classical VariationB56… 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc66,209

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.