Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Brooklyn Retreat Defense
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nb8
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Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Brooklyn Retreat Defense26k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%13k55%
22%5.7k52%
9.1%2.4k56%
8.6%2.2k50%
3.3%86249%
1.6%42646%
1.5%38458%
1.4%35650%
0.7%17051%
0.6%14643%
Famous games in this line3 master games
Bach, Adrian (2340) – Racasan, Sebastian (2210)Yildiz, Betul Cemre (2229) – Nikolova, Adriana (2318)Secer, Ata (2325) – Kinsiz, Onur (2219)Heroes of this opening Bach, Adrian · Secer, Ata
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B30
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nb8
Aggressive
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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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