Sicilian - Taimanov variation


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2

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

Black plays the king's pawn to e6. White pushes 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 c6. White jumps the knight to c3.

Black moves the queen to c7. White develops the dark-squared bishop to e3. Black plays the a-pawn to a6.

White places the light-squared bishop to e2.


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