Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4g65.c4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind1.0M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
13%128k55%
1%9.8k49%
0.4%4.4k47%
0.2%1.7k51%
0.2%1.6k38%
0.2%1.5k40%
0.1%89239%
0%31347%
0%24645%
Famous games in this line10k master games
Caruana, F. (2801) – Carlsen, M. (2877)Erigaisi, Arjun (2801) – Carlsen, M. (2833)Carlsen, M. (2839) – Caruana, F. (2789)Giri, A.. (2776) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Carlsen, Magnus (2837) – Topalov, Veselin (2752)Aronian, Levon (2757) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2786)Leko, Peter (2755) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)Leko, Peter (2755) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Carlsen, M. · Giri, A.. · Aronian, Levon
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B36
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4
FianchettoSharp
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Simagin Variation5…Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 Nh6Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation5…Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation5…Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6
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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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