B22 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Anti-Alapin Gambit
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1.e4c52.c3d53.exd5Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Anti-Alapin Gambit145k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
47%68k50%
25%36k47%
16%23k49%
5%7.2k53%
2.5%3.6k58%
2.1%3.0k46%
0.7%98345%
0.4%52850%
0.3%39142%
0.2%33648%
Famous games in this line352 master games
Grandelius, N. (2635) – Carlsen, M. (2864)Mamedov, Rau (2642) – Saric, Iv (2670)Howell, D. (2677) – Brkic, A. (2608)Naroditsky, D. (2616) – Narayanan, SL. (2658)Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2662) – Yuffa, D. (2607)Pechac, Jergus (2633) – Indjic, A. (2630)Artemiev, V. (2701) – Zemlyanskii, Ivan (2543)Howell, David (2614) – Ivanisevic, Ivan (2629)Heroes of this opening Howell, David · Carlsen, M. · Pechac, Jergus
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B22
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6
Gambit
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No defense has won more games at every level than the Sicilian. Bobby Fischer played almost nothing else against 1.e4, and Kasparov's Najdorf battles with Karpov and Anand are pillars of chess history. When you play 1...c5, you're refusing symmetry — the same refusal that carried two world champions.
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