B51 is the opening Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation of the volume B · Semi-open games: 5 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
5,413 games in the collections, from 1940 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2471.
White wins 30 %, draws 38 %, Black wins 32 %
Most games: Tiviakov, Sergei (63), Vachier Lagrave,M (43), Nepomniachtchi,I (42), Rublevsky, Sergei (41), Velicka, Petr (41)
All 3 variations
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗b5+
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Dorfman Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗b5+ ♘c6 4.O-O ♗d7 5.♕e2 g6 6.e5
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Moscow Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗b5+ ♘c6 4.O-O ♗d7 5.c3 ♘f6 6.♖e1 a6 7.♗xc6 ♗xc6 8.d4 ♗xe4 9.♗g5