B96 is the opening Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation of the volume B · Semi-open games: 13 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
1,459 games in the collections, from 1954 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2459.
White wins 33 %, draws 30 %, Black wins 37 %
Most games: Polugaevsky, Lev (42), Gelfand, Boris (25), Georgiev, Krum (21), Gutman, Lev (21), Luther, Thomas (20)
All 4 variations
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗g5 e6 7.f4
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Neo-Classical Defense 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗g5 e6 7.f4 ♘c6
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Polugaevsky Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗g5 e6 7.f4 b5
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Polugaevsky Variation, Simagin Line 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗g5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 ♕c7 10.♕e2