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Sicilian Defense: Quinteros Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Qc7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Quinteros Variation149k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%67k51%
19%28k47%
16%23k51%
11%16k54%
2.2%3.2k50%
2.1%3.1k52%
1.5%2.3k57%
1.4%2.0k52%
0.8%1.2k53%
0.5%70347%
Famous games in this line55 master games
Smyslov, Vassily (2540) – Polgar, Judit (2635)Magem Badals, Jordi (2505) – Polgar, Judit (2630)Timman, Jan H (2605) – Quinteros, Miguel Angel (2505)Mecking, Henrique (2540) – Quinteros, Miguel Angel (2465)Matulovic, Milan (2525) – Mariotti, Sergio (2475)Berzinsh, Roland (2444) – Varga, Zoltan (2534)Hazai, Laszlo (2420) – Csom, Istvan (2510)Zarnicki, Pablo (2520) – Paglilla, Carlos (2400)Heroes of this opening Polgar, Judit · Timman, Jan H · Mecking, Henrique · Hazai, Laszlo
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7
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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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