Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack
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1.e4c52.Bc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack27.9M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%11.3M54%
35%9.6M53%
16%4.6M51%
3.4%937k53%
2.5%687k52%
1.2%346k52%
0.8%213k45%
0.2%59k48%
0.1%21k53%
0.1%19k44%
Famous games in this line162 master games
Fedoseev, Vl3 (2718) – Antipov, M2. (2588)Flores, Di (2606) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2608)Rasik, Vitezslav (2436) – Smirin, Ilia (2664)Cicak, Slavko (2569) – Cramling, Pia (2531)Rasik, Vitezslav (2455) – Ftacnik, Lubomir (2595)Hausner, Ivan (2433) – Ftacnik, Lubomir (2611)Firouzja, Alireza (2561) – Darini, P. (2463)Rasik, Vitezslav (2442) – Babula, Vlastimil (2567)Heroes of this opening Fedoseev, Vl3 · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek · Smirin, Ilia · Ftacnik, Lubomir
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4
Aggressive
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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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