Sicilian 2.b3 Variation

Games that start 1.e4 c5 2.b3
WHITE BLACK EVENT YEAR RESULT                                                                                
Heikki Westerinen Mikhail Tal Tallinn 1973 0-1 1.e4 c5 2.b3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.c4 Nc7 7.Nc3 f6 8.Ne4 fxe5 9.Nxe5 O-O 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kd1 d6 13.Nd3 e5 14.Qe3 Ba5 15.Qg5 Qd7 16.Kc2 Qc6 17.f3 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Rc1 Nba6 20.Ba3 Nb5
Boris Spassky Quinteros   1982 ½-½                   Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 Qc7 8.Bd3 g6 9.Qe2 Bg7 10.h4 h6 11.Rh3 b6 12.Rg3 Bb7 13.Rg4 Ne7 14.Be4 Nd5 15.Bb2 h5 16.Rg3 Nf4 17.Qe3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Ng5 O-O 20.d3 d6
Craig Sadler Brrr net-chess.com 2000 0-1         3.Bb2 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d5 6.Bb5+ Nxb5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O Rg8 11.c4 Qc6 12.cxb5 Qxb5 13.Nc3 Qd3 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Rc1 b6 17.Rc3 Qd7 18.Qc2 Bb7 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qxh7 Rg7
Boris Spassky Giardelli Buenos Aires 1978 1-0             4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Qe2 e5 14.Na4 Qf7 15.c4 Ba6 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Rf6 20.Qe3 Qxe3
Boris Spassky Hernandez Buenos Aires 1978 1-0               Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6.Bb5 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.d3 f6 10.Nc3 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Qe8 12.Ne4 d6 13.Nc4 Qd8 14.a3 e5 15.Qe1 Nf4 16.Ng3 h5 17.Ne2 Nd5 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Qe8 20.f3 Qg6
Boris Spassky Wockenfuss   1982 1-0           a6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.O-O Be7 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.h3 Bb4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qf4 Qa5 16.Bxf2 Bxd2 17.Qh4 h6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Qg3 g5 20.Qf3 Re6
Boris Spassky Wockenfuss   1982 ½-½                                         11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.c4 Re8 13.h3 Bb7 14.Re1 c5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bf1 Rad8 17.Nc4 Qf5 18.Re5 Rxd1 19.Rxf5 Red8 20.Re5 Bf8
Nigel Short Veselin Topalov Sarajevo 2000 0-1       a6 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.g3 O-O 9. E5 Nd7 10.Bg2 b5 11.O-O c4 12.Kh1 cxd3 13.cxd3 a5 14.Qe2 a4 15.Rfc1 Qb6 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Ba6 18.bxa4 Nxb4 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.Qe3 Nxd3
Boris Spassky Mestel   1986 ½-½       d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 g6 6.Bb2 Ngf6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.Ne2 a6 10.Nbc3 Rb8 11.O-O b6 12.d3 Qa5 13.Nd1 Ne8 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Ne3 e6 16.g4 Qd2 17.Ng3 Rb6 18.Rf2 Qxd3 19.Rd1 Qc3 20. e5 f5
Boris Spassky Kindermann   1985 ½-½         3.Bb2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nd5 e5 7.Bb5 Bg7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Bh6 13.Nc4 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Qe2 Be6 16.Rae1 Qe7 17.Bc1 Bg7 18.f3 Raf8 19.Nd2 R5f7 20.Ne4 h6
Georgiev Gaprubdasvili Albena 1985 1-0               e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bd7 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Nh2 Nd4 12.Ng4 Ng4 13.hxg4 Bh4!? 14.g3 h5 15.gxh5 Qxg5 16.Re3 Bg4 17.gxh4? Qxh4 18.Be2 f5! 19.Rg3 Ne2 20.Ne2 f4
Boris Spassky Miguel Najdorf   1982 ½-½             4.f4 e6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 e5 9.O-O Nd4 10.Rb1                                          
Honfi Anatoli Karpov   1993 ½-½             4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nd2 a6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ng3 h5 11.Qe2 h4 12.Nh1 Qc7 13.f4 O-O-O 14.Nf2 d5 15.Be5 Qb6 16.c4 dxe4 17.Ndxe4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Bf6 19.Ng4 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qc7
Boris Spassky Jean Hebert Buenos Aires 1978 1-0           a6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Bg2 h5 10.Qe2 Nb4 11.Na3 Bd7 12.h3 Nh5 13.c3 Nd5 14.O-O Bc6 15.Nc2 Qb6 16.c4 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Ng5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Be7 20.Ne4 O-O-O
Boris Spassky Robert Huebner Buenos Aires 1978 ½-½           Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qh5 Nc6 8.Nc3 f5 9.Qxf5 Qxf5 10.exf5 Nd4 11.O-O-O Nxf5 12.Nf3 Rd8                                
Boris Spassky King   1985 ½-½       b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.f4 d5 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10.Ngf3 f5 11.h4 h5 12.c3 b5 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.hxg5 g6 15.Nf3 Qb6 16.O-O Kf7 17.Rf2 a5 18.Rb1 Rhb8 19.Bc1 b4 20.c4 d4
Georgiev Ermenkov Albena 1985 1-0             4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d4! Ne4? 7.Bb5 Nd7 8.Ne4 Be4 9.Ng5! Bg6 10.Qf3 Rc8 11.d5! Qc7 12.O-O Qb7 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Bc6 Qa7 15.Qe3 f6 16.Ne6 Kf7 17.Qh3 f5 18.Ng5 Kg8 19.Qe3 e5 20.dxe6 Rc6
Boris Spassky Nemet   1982 ½-½       Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nd5 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.d3 Be6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.f4 Rae8 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Rae1 Ne7 16.a4 b6 17.Ba1 Bd5 18.Bxd5+ Nxd5 19.Nc3 Ne7 20.Nd1 Ng6
Bellini Norris European Zonal 2000 1-0             4.Bb5 d6 5.Ne2 g6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.f4 f6 9.d3 Nh6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qe1 Bd7 13.Nc4 d5 14.Ne3 exf4 15.Nxf4 Rae8 16.Qa5 f5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rae1 fxe4 19.dxe4 Qg5 20.Qxa7 Rf7
Boris Spassky Sosonko Tillburg 1978 1-0           Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 e6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bd7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qg4 Rg8 13.Rae1 g6 14.f4 h5 15.Qh3 Qe7 16.f5 gxf5 17.Rxf5 Rg6 18.Rf2 Qg5 19.Bd3 O-O-O 20.Rxf7 Rdg8
Craig Sadler Nicolas Barletta net-chess.com 2000 0-1         3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.O-O e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rfe1? Bxc3 14.Qg4 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qf6 16.Rd1 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.f3 O-O 19.c4 Rd8 20.cxd5 Rxd5
Craig Sadler V.Veksler net-chess.com 2000 0-1       Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Nxc4 6.bxc4 Nc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.exd6 exd6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Nd5 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.c3 Ne5 14.Qe4 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Bg5 17.Qd3 Bh4 18.Re2 Qg5 19.Kh1 Qg2    
Mephisto X Conchess X World Computer Championship 1983 1-0     2.Nf3 a6 3.Bc4 Nf6?! 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7?! 7.Qd3?! Nbd7 8.f4 e6 9.O-O b5 10.Bb3 b4?! 11.Na4 Bb7 12.Re1 Nxe4? 13.Rxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Rc8 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qb7 17.Bc4 Ra8 18.f5?! e5 19.Nf3 Be7 20.Be3 e4
Abe Yanofsky Raizman Olympiad 1958 ½-½         3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.a3 Qc7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nb3 Be7 11.f4 d6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.g4 Nd7 15.g5 Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Qf2 f5 19.Qh4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxc2
Benjamin Mela Jorge Rodriguez Najdorf Memorial 2000 1-0               Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bd3 h6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nh4 d6 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Nf5 Be6 16.Rf3 b5 17.a3 Rab8 18.Raf1 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Rb6 20.a4 bxa4
Luis Ribiero Tiago Lima Portugese Championship 2000 0-1               e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a3 h6 10.h3 d6 11.Re1 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Na5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Qd3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.g3 Qc4
Darcy Lima Facundo Quiroga Najdorf Memorial 2000 ½-½         3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bf3 Bc6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qf3 Rc8 15.Qg3 Qb4 16.Rab1 g6 17.Qe5 Bg7 18.Ne4 Nh5 19.Qd6 Bf8 20.Qe5  

Last Updated on 10/1/00
By Craig Sadler
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