B23 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Grob Attack
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1.e4c52.Nc3Nc63.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Grob Attack17k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%6.0k44%
23%3.7k45%
22%3.6k47%
9.6%1.6k47%
2.4%40144%
2.2%36349%
2%33942%
1.1%17550%
0.7%12145%
0.4%7445%
Famous games in this line15 master games
Hort, Vlastimil (2595) – Kindermann, Stefan (2500)Vokac, Marek (2471) – Bernasek, Jan (2506)Vokac, Marek (2525) – Jirovsky, Pavel (2375)Den Heeten, Djurre (2278) – Iljushin, Alexei (2546)Farkas, Gabor (2290) – Szabo, Krisztian (2510)Vokac, Marek (2483) – Frolik, Martin (2273)Alonso Moyano, J. (2402) – Bofill Mas, A. (2344)Roth, Peter (2325) – Miniboeck, Guenter (2290)Heroes of this opening Kindermann, Stefan · Vokac, Marek · Iljushin, Alexei · Szabo, Krisztian
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B23
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g4
Aggressive
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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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