B58 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.Be2e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation118k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nb355%64k49%
Ndb515%18k49%
Nf315%18k49%
Nxc612%14k47%
Nf53.1%3.6k48%
Be30.2%21825%
O-O0.2%19322%
Bg50%1619%
b30%157%
f30%138%
Famous games in this line2.5k master games
Carlsen, M. (2853) – Duda, J. (2732)Radjabov, T. (2758) – Ding Liren (2811)Vitiugov, N. (2747) – Duda, J. (2758)Gelfand, Boris (2680) – Karpov, Anatoly (2780)Short, Nigel D (2665) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2775)Aronian, L. (2745) – Wojtaszek, R. (2670)Short, Nigel D (2696) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2708)Akopian, Vladimir (2655) – Shirov, Alexei (2710)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Radjabov, T. · Aronian, L. · Nakamura, Hikaru
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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.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B58
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
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