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Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation

ECO B40 · 1,151 games · White to move

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4

48% White5% Draw47% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Bd3	487	42.3%
e5	204	17.7%		Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation B40
f3	132	11.5%
Bg5	111	9.6%
Bd2	60	5.2%
Qd3	40	3.5%
Nb5	36	3.1%

A further 81 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: French Variation 2... e6 Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open 3... cxd4 Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal 4... Nf6Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation 5... Bb4

Other lines in this family

Pin Variation, Koch VariationB40… 6. e5204 Scheveningen VariationB80… 5... d61,967 Sozin AttackB86… 5... d6 6. Bc4519 Scheveningen Variation, Classical VariationB83… 5... d6 6. Be2190 Scheveningen Variation, Keres AttackB81… 5... d6 6. g4167 French Variation, NormalB40…5,761 Taimanov VariationB44… 4... Nc614,319 Kan VariationB41… 4... a610,340 Taimanov VariationB45… 4... Nc6 5. Nc39,852 Kan Variation, Knight VariationB43… 4... a6 5. Nc36,578

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.