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ECO B97: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

ECO B97 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6. All of them are lines of the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation.

That position has come up in 172,719 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.8%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 48.2%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 173K 7 moves
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 63K 9 moves