B45 is the opening Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation of the volume B · Semi-open games: 10 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 6 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
2,924 games in the collections, from 1849 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2416.
White wins 38 %, draws 37 %, Black wins 25 %
Most games: Van Riemsdijk, Herman C (58), Vukic, Milan (36), Khenkin, Igor (30), Matulovic, Milan (28), Mieses, Jacques (28)
All 6 variations
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♘f6
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, American Attack 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♘f6 6.♘db5 ♗b4 7.♘d6+
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♘f6 6.♘db5 ♗c5
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♘f6 6.♘xc6
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Sveshnikov Transfer 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♘f6 6.♘db5 d6
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3