Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Retreat Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e56.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Retreat Variation714k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%515k56%
9.1%65k51%
7.5%54k51%
5.4%38k50%
2.3%17k47%
2.1%15k54%
0.5%3.4k34%
0.4%2.8k45%
0.2%1.2k41%
0.1%82648%
Famous games in this line60 master games
Bosch, Jeroen (2444) – Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (2578)Bosch, Jeroen (2433) – Rogers, Ian (2574)Meijers, Viesturs (2482) – Schmittdiel, Eckhard (2490)Zaitsev, Igor A (2437) – Ivanov, Victor L (2499)Bosch, Jeroen (2425) – Nijboer, Friso (2510)Mukhin, Georgy (2425) – Minasian, Artashes (2495)Dragovic, Momcilo (2392) – Pap, Misa (2493)Rodriguez Vila, Andres (2490) – Rodriguez, Jorge Luis (2395)Heroes of this opening Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav · Ivanov, Victor L · Nijboer, Friso · Minasian, Artashes
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B33
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3
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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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