B41 is the opening Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation of the volume B · Semi-open games: 8 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 5 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
2,210 games in the collections, from 1873 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2426.
White wins 30 %, draws 31 %, Black wins 39 %
Most games: Gheorghiu, Florin (31), Kovacevic, Slobodan (22), Epishin, Vladimir (20), Velimirovic, Dragoljub (20), Meijers, Viesturs (18)
All 5 variations
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 a6
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 a6 5.c4 ♘f6 6.♘c3 ♗b4 7.♗d3 ♘c6
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 a6 5.c4 ♘f6 6.♘c3 ♗b4 7.♗d3 ♘c6 8.♗c2
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Hedgehog Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 a6 5.c4 g6
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 a6 5.c4