Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Spraggett Attack
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Nc3b56.Bd3Qb67.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Spraggett Attack589 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%25451%
21%12444%
18%10843%
11%6640%
2.9%1744%
1%633%
0.8%540%
0.7%425%
0.3%250%
0.2%150%
Famous games in this line643 master games
Grischuk, Alexander (2746) – Svidler, Peter (2739)Ponomariov, R. (2706) – Svidler, P. (2759)Grischuk, A. (2750) – Rapport, R. (2698)Grischuk, Alexander (2715) – Kamsky, Gata (2714)Movsesian, S. (2673) – Andreikin, D. (2737)Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2690) – Kamsky, Gata (2714)Grischuk, A. (2772) – Khismatullin, D. (2632)Adams, Michael (2731) – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2652)Heroes of this opening Svidler, Peter · Ponomariov, R. · Grischuk, A. · Andreikin, D.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B43
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3
Aggressive
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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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