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Sicilian Defense: Double-Dutch Gambit

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1.e4c52.Nf3f53.exf5Nh6
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Sicilian Defense: Double-Dutch Gambit1.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%47353%
17%17646%
7.8%8244%
6.8%7251%
6.6%7041%
5.9%6250%
4%4251%
3.1%3321%
1%1136%
0.9%961%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Hovhannisyan, Robert (2560)Shirazi, Kamran G (2403)20111–0Hazai, Laszlo (2460)Forgacs, Gyula (2310)19921–0
Heroes of this opening Hovhannisyan, Robert · Hazai, Laszlo
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B27
Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nh6
Gambit
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No reply to 1.e4 is played more. Fischer made the Najdorf his main weapon, and Kasparov's Sicilians are pillars of chess history — the Scheveningen against Karpov, the Dragon he unveiled against Anand in 1995. When you play 1...c5 you refuse symmetry, the same refusal that carried two world champions.

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