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B90: Sicilian, Najdorf

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

Sicilian, Najdorf

B90 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 104858
Last Played: Dec 2025
Overall score:
36.9% 29.1% 34%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Viswanathan Anand 183 games
Alexei Shirov 160 games
Peter Leko 145 games
Black  
Loek Van Wely 272 games
Lubomir Ftacnik 270 games
Boris Gelfand 257 games

Possible continuations:

6. Bg5  22162
37.7 % 26.6 % 35.7 %
6. Be3  21351
38.1 % 30.7 % 31.2 %
6. Be2  21128
33.8 % 31.6 % 34.5 %
6. Bc4  11657
37.7 % 25 % 37.3 %
6. f4  6195
38.4 % 31.2 % 30.4 %
6. f3  5649
39.6 % 24.3 % 36.1 %
6. h3  4957
37.1 % 30.2 % 32.7 %
6. g3  4023
35.2 % 34.9 % 29.9 %
6. a4  3262
35.3 % 32.2 % 32.5 %
6. Bd3  1881
30.7 % 27.6 % 41.6 %
6. Rg1  749
38.2 % 29.6 % 32.2 %
6. Nb3  579
41.8 % 27.1 % 31.1 %
6. h4  328
39.6 % 26.2 % 34.1 %
6. a3  300
31.7 % 31.7 % 36.7 %
6. Qf3  272
42.6 % 22.4 % 34.9 %
6. Qd3  223
43.9 % 30.5 % 25.6 %
6. Qe2  57
42.1 % 26.3 % 31.6 %
6. Nf3  38
21.1 % 23.7 % 55.3 %
6. Bd2  13
23.1 % 69.2 %
6. b3  13
53.8 % 15.4 % 30.8 %
6. g4  8
25 % 62.5 %
6. Nd5  4
25 % 75 %
6. Bf4  3
33.3 % 33.3 % 33.3 %
6. b4  2
50 % 50 %
6. Qd2  2
100 %