Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation
ECO B29 · 809 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Nc6 | 240 | 29.7% | | |
| d5 | 236 | 29.2% | | |
| d6 | 166 | 20.5% | | |
| e6 | 78 | 9.6% | | |
| g6 | 15 | 1.9% | | |
A further 74 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Najdorf Variation, Opocensky VariationB92… 3... d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3322Nimzowitsch VariationB29…2,068Nimzowitsch Variation, Advance VariationB29… 3. e5851Sicilian DefenseB27…296,430Old SicilianB30… 2... Nc6126,520Modern VariationsB50… 2... d688,092French VariationB40… 2... e660,828OpenB32… 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd459,038OpenB32… 2... Nc6 3. d458,339OpenB32… 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd454,647
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.