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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3
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♞ You have reached Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation B45 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 15
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation B45 1 ply deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation B46 1 ply deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation B47 1 ply deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation B45 2 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack B48 2 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation B45 3 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Sveshnikov Transfer B45 3 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation B83 3 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, American Attack B45 4 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation B49 4 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, Ponomariov Gambit B47 6 plies deeper
- Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation B85 8 plies deeper
…and 3 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
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