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Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Main Line

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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3d66.Bc4e67.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Main Line90k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%62k48%
19%17k49%
4.2%3.8k47%
1.8%1.6k42%
1.4%1.2k42%
1.1%1.0k40%
1%87747%
1%87045%
0.9%79849%
0.7%64837%
Famous games in this line3.5k master games
Topalov, Veselin (2740) – Kasparov, Garry (2825)19980–1Giri, A.. (2764) – Vachier Lagrave, M.. (2784)20201–0Aronian, L. (2764) – Grischuk, A. (2766)20181–0Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2767) – Rapport, R. (2714)20251–0Aronian, Levon (2752) – Gelfand, Boris (2723)20060–1Anand, Viswanathan (2765) – Salov, Valery (2665)19971–0Svidler, Peter (2723) – Dreev, Alexey (2688)20091–0Vachier Lagrave, M. (2718) – Saric, Iv (2690)20241–0
Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Giri, A.. · Aronian, L. · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B89
Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Aggressive
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Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 …Sicilian Defense: Closed, Smyslov Variation2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 …Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Haag Gambit2…d6 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.O-O …
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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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