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Reference position · White to move

B95 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

B95 holds a single named line. It leaves B94, a position of the same name, with 6...e6. White, to move in that position, has 48 legal moves, the third-highest count of the 80 Sicilian Defense codes. That final move, by the e-pawn, covers d5 and f5 and opens a line for the queen on d8 and the bishop on f8.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c5
2Nf3d6
3d4cxd4
4Nxd4Nf6
5Nc3a6
6Bg5e6

The road to B95

  1. 1.e4 … 5.Nc3seven earlier stops: B00, B20, B27, B50, B54
  2. 5...a6B90 Najdorf Variation
  3. 6.Bg5B94 Najdorf Variation
  4. 6...e6B95

The position after 6...e6

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on d4 and bishop on g5; Black the knight on f6. White has a half-open d-file; Black a half-open c-file. White could capture with Bxa6, Bxf6, Nxe6.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed31Moves spent on pawns25Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half92not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from B95

The reference lines of one other code leave B95 from the position after 6...e6, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
B967.f4Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
B62Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variationfour squares: a6, c6, a7, b8
B66Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviationsfour squares: d1, d2, c6, b8
B80Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variationfour squares: c1, g5, a6, a7
B84Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variationfour squares: c1, f1, e2, g5
B90Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variationfour squares: c1, g5, e6, e7
B97Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variationfour squares: f2, f4, b6, d8
B98Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variationfour squares: f2, f4, e7, f8

Where lines continue from here

Eleven named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 6...e6. Besides the codes above, they belong to B97, B98, B99.

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