Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4g65.Nxc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation1.5M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
97%1.4M53%
2.3%33k57%
0.5%7.8k12%
0.1%95611%
0%5718%
0%217%
0%1619%
0%825%
0%617%
0%510%
Famous games in this line110 master games
Vovk, Andrey (2512) – Degraeve, Jean Marc (2573)Beliavsky, Alexander G (2620) – Karlsson, Lars (2405)Bakhtadze, Giorgi (2384) – Popov, Valerij (2582)Dervishi, Erald (2545) – Mikac, Matjaz (2394)Nagy, Ervin (2455) – Dely, Peter (2480)Varga, Zo (2467) – Hujbert, F. (2444)Musaev, Ra (2341) – Savchenko, B. (2566)Khukhashvili, Sopiko (2438) – Khurtsidze, Nino (2414)Heroes of this opening Degraeve, Jean Marc · Dely, Peter · Hujbert, F. · Savchenko, B.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B34
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6
FianchettoSharp
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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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