Sicilian - Najdorf - Ivkov variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. e5

White pushes the king's pawn to e4. Black pushes the c-pawn to c5. White develops the knight to f3.

Black pushes the queen's pawn to d6. White moves the queen's pawn to d4. Black captures on d4 with the c-pawn.

White captures with the knight on d4. Black develops the knight to f6. White transfers the knight to c3.

Black moves the a-pawn to a6. White develops the dark-squared bishop to g5. Black transfers the knight to d7.

White places the light-squared bishop to c4. Black deploys the queen to a5. White deploys the queen to d2.

Black plays the king's pawn to e6. White castles queenside. Black pushes the b-pawn to b5.

White deploys the light-squared bishop to b3. Black develops the light-squared bishop to b7. White moves the rook to e1.

Black transfers the knight to c5. White plays the king's pawn to e5.

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