Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Bg5Nbd77.Bc4Qa58.Qd2e69.O-O-Ob510.Bb3Bb711.Rhe1Nc512.e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Ivkov Variation1 games · Black to move
Only 1 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
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- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B94
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. e5
Sharp
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From the archives
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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