B22 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined
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1.e4c52.c3Nf63.e5Nd54.d4cxd4
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Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined1.6M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
69%1.1M48%
18%285k53%
6%93k51%
4.9%77k52%
1.3%21k46%
0.1%1.4k49%
0%64841%
0%45045%
0%32942%
0%11045%
Famous games in this line9.8k master games
Aronian, L. (2785) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2756)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2764) – Giri, Anish (2763)Nakamura, Hi (2788) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2731)Alekseev, Evgeny (2678) – Grischuk, A. (2777)Kamsky, Gata (2723) – Grischuk, Alexander (2728)Aronian, L. (2748) – Sevian, Samuel (2692)Sevian, Samuel (2692) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2741)Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2665) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2757)Heroes of this opening Giri, Anish · Nakamura, Hi · Aronian, L. · Dominguez Perez, L.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B22
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4
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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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