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Explore · ECO B48

B48 · Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation

1,688 endgames in our games arose from this opening. On average the endgame begins here with move 35 – across all openings with move 35.

ECO B · Semi-open games

The material of the most frequent endgame: Rook vs. rook – White: Ke1, Ra1, f2, g2; Black: Ke8, Ra8, f7, g78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

B48 · Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation

The most frequent endgames of this opening

None is at least 1.5 times as frequent here as on average – this opening leads into the usual endgames. The bar shows how often they arise here, the line the average of all endgames, on the right the factor.

Rook vs. rook 1.24×
Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight 1.08×
Rook and bishop vs. rook and bishop 1.23×
Two rooks vs. two rooks 1.46×
Queen and rook vs. queen and rook 1.17×
Rook and knight vs. rook and knight 0.97×

Typical means: at least 30 games, at least 1% of the endgames of this opening and at least 1.5 times as frequent as on average in all endgames.

The road to the endgame

1,688endgames from this opening
35begin on average with move
35move on average of all openings