Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Bd3Bc5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation40k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
54%22k53%
22%8.9k43%
14%5.7k49%
7.2%2.9k47%
1.5%60147%
0.3%12926%
0.1%2025%
0%1221%
0%933%
0%825%
Famous games in this line5.7k master games
Carlsen, M. (2872) – Caruana, F. (2782)Duda, J. (2750) – Carlsen, M. (2864)Giri, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2816)Anand, Viswanathan (2801) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2788) – Caruana, F. (2795)Aronian, L. (2764) – Caruana, F. (2816)Anand, V. (2759) – Caruana, F. (2816)Adams, Mi (2745) – Caruana, F. (2829)Heroes of this opening Caruana, F. · Carlsen, M. · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B42
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5
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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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