Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.Bg5Bd7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation43k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
16%6.6k52%
13%5.3k48%
11%4.5k48%
8.8%3.7k50%
5.2%2.2k47%
4%1.7k51%
3.1%1.3k46%
1.6%68657%
0.8%33856%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2779) – Morozevich, Alexander (2770)Dominguez Perez, L. (2754) – Rapport, R. (2764)Dominguez Perez, L. (2763) – Yu Yangyi (2752)Ding Liren (2777) – Bu Xiangzhi (2719)Tari, Aryan (2633) – Carlsen, Magnus (2863)Gukesh, D. (2744) – Rapport, R. (2752)Wei Yi (2748) – Aronian, L. (2742)Shankland, S. (2720) – Rapport, R. (2764)Heroes of this opening Yu Yangyi · Ding Liren · Carlsen, Magnus · Wei Yi
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B60
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7
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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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