Sicilian Najdorf

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h

After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 the position on the right is reached with White to move.

How successful is this opening?

These are the results of the valid games played with this opening variant in thematic tournaments.

1 - 0		191 games
Draw		37 games
0 - 1		173 games

As can be seen, White gets 52% and Black gets 48% of the points.