Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Bücker Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3h6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Bücker Variation119k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%57k55%
23%28k54%
11%13k57%
8.5%10k55%
1.4%1.7k54%
1.2%1.4k54%
1.2%1.4k53%
0.9%1.1k56%
0.9%1.0k57%
0.8%1.0k47%
Famous games in this line22 master games
Fredis_cpu (2529) – Knilch (2484)Gilevych, Artem (2408) – Sonis, Francesco (2577)Malakhov, Igor (2425) – Drazic, Sinisa (2545)Borgo, Giulio (2414) – Drazic, Sinisa (2524)Palac, Mladen (2515) – Sulava, Nenad (2390)Casper, Thomas (2435) – Rechel, Bernd (2410)Doric, Nenad (2320) – Drazic, Sinisa (2524)Hlinka, Vasil (2405) – Gildred, Terrence L (2400)Heroes of this opening Drazic, Sinisa · Fredis_cpu · Sulava, Nenad · Casper, Thomas
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 h6
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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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