Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Central Exchange
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1.e4c52.c3d53.exd5Qxd54.d4cxd45.cxd4Nc66.Nf3Bg4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Central Exchange789k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%397k64%
41%321k63%
8%63k50%
0.5%4.0k59%
0.1%96530%
0.1%61230%
0%22241%
0%21817%
0%18442%
0%16237%
Famous games in this line116 master games
Stevic, Hrvoje (2607) – Topalov, Veselin (2803)Vajda, Le (2558) – Panjwani, R. (2459)Topalovic, Zlatko (2514) – Koziak, Vitali (2460)Marciano, David (2529) – Frois, Antonio (2397)Karpatchev, Aleksandr (2504) – Bujisho, Benjamin (2413)Schmittdiel, Eckhard (2505) – Reich, Thomas (2394)Kaidanov, Gregory S (2587) – Pichot, Alan (2300)Gaponenko, I. (2336) – Al Modiahki, M. (2542)Heroes of this opening Panjwani, R. · Topalovic, Zlatko · Marciano, David · Karpatchev, Aleksandr
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B22
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
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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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