Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Mongoose Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Qa5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Mongoose Variation28k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
52%15k59%
20%5.7k57%
15%4.2k57%
6.5%1.8k60%
1.1%30257%
1.1%29553%
1%28453%
0.7%19464%
0.5%14045%
0.4%10755%
Famous games in this line48 master games
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2545) – Wohl, Aleksandar H (2435)Martinez Fernandez, Adrian (2354) – Grigoryan, K2. (2621)Aleksic, Nenad (2440) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2465)Short, Nigel D (2664) – Nogueira, Ivan Kuhlmann (2237)Lugo, Blas (2440) – Stefanova, Antoaneta (2450)Vazquez Igarza, Renier (2405) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2455)Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar (2385) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2465)Neelotpal, Das (2370) – Stefanova, Antoaneta (2480)Heroes of this opening Kasimdzhanov, Rustam · Grigoryan, K2. · Aleksic, Nenad · Short, Nigel D
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qa5
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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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