Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Acton Extension
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1.e4c52.Nf3g63.c4Bh6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Acton Extension69 games · White to move
Only 69 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%3560%
25%1756%
19%1373%
4.3%30%
1.4%1100%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Pierrot, Juan Facundo (2423) – Airando, Martin (2305)Castellano, Lorenzo (2316) – Moza, Manfred (2312)- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bh6
Fianchetto
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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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