Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Brussels Gambit
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1.e4c52.Nf3f5
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Sicilian Defense: Brussels Gambit37k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%20k50%
17%6.1k48%
11%3.8k44%
6.4%2.4k51%
3.8%1.4k50%
3.5%1.3k47%
1.7%60752%
1.1%40842%
0.3%11249%
0.2%7840%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Hovhannisyan, Robert (2560) – Shirazi, Kamran G (2403)Hazai, Laszlo (2460) – Forgacs, Gyula (2310)Alonso, Ju (2290) – Prorok, M. (2304)Moutousis, Konstantinos (2315) – Nagy, Janos (2245)Drollinger, Dennis (2208) – Mathe, Gaspar (2320)Neffe, Axel (2230) – Meyer, Falko (2290)Boguszlavszkij, J. (2130) – Prorok, M. (2332)Heroes of this opening Hovhannisyan, Robert · Hazai, Laszlo · Prorok, M. · Mathe, Gaspar
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 f5
Gambit
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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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