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Openings / B90

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

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Evaluation
+0.38 (White's view)
White to move, best
c1e3
Main line
c1e3 e7e5 d4b3 c8e6 f2f3
Depth
24, Stockfish 17
FEN
rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6

Black delays ...e5 and ...Nbd7 with the flexible ...a6, keeping b5 and a queenside pawn storm in reserve. White's main tries are 6.Be3 (English Attack), 6.Bg5 and 6.Be2.

Get this from the API

curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fen":"rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6","depth":24,"multipv":3}'
const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "fen": "rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6",
    "depth": 24,
    "multipv": 3
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "fen": "rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6",
        "depth": 24,
        "multipv": 3
    },
)
data = r.json()

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