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Sicilian Rossolimo and Moscow

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO B30–B52

Moscow Variation, Bd7 and c3-d4 (B52)

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ECO B30–B52

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  1. Moscow Variation, Bd7 and c3-d4Sample

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4

  2. Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Setup

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7

  3. Moscow Variation, Nd7 and Quick d4

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5

  4. Moscow Variation, Nd7 and a6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. d4 b5

  5. Moscow Variation, Nc6 Bishop Retreat

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4

  6. Moscow Variation, Nc6 Exchange

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d3 Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O

  7. Rossolimo Variation, e6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7

  8. Rossolimo Fianchetto, c3-d4

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4

  9. Rossolimo Fianchetto, bxc6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5

  10. Rossolimo Fianchetto, dxc6

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5