Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Toilet Variation
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1.e4c52.f4d53.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Toilet Variation106k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%58k48%
38%40k53%
3.2%3.4k50%
3.1%3.3k52%
0.6%67746%
0.1%8346%
0.1%7549%
0.1%7233%
0%4522%
0%3344%
Famous games in this line202 master games
Schoonhoven, Jan Willem (2567) – Kerr, Stephen (2650)Sulskis, Sarunas (2521) – Novikov, Igor A (2614)Wahls, Matthias (2520) – Lutz, Christopher (2595)Wahls, Matthias (2480) – Lutz, Christopher (2605)Barlov, Dragan (2470) – Smirin, Ilia (2600)Hebden, Mark (2515) – Hansen, Curt (2550)Nunn, John DM (2600) – Kouatly, Bachar (2460)Sulskis, Sarunas (2521) – Malakhatko, Vadim (2537)Heroes of this opening Sulskis, Sarunas · Lutz, Christopher · Barlov, Dragan · Hebden, Mark
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3
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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