Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation
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1.e4c52.b3b6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation14k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
88%12k49%
2.1%28453%
1.8%24049%
1.6%22551%
0.9%12746%
0.8%11643%
0.8%11250%
0.8%10456%
0.7%9548%
0.6%7853%
Famous games in this line297 master games
Morozevich, A. (2731) – Polgar, Ju (2685)Morozevich, A. (2731) – Cheparinov, I. (2682)Morozevich, A. (2731) – Yu Yangyi (2675)Motylev, A. (2686) – Moiseenko, A1. (2707)Short, Nigel D (2682) – Svidler, Peter (2690)Morozevich, A. (2731) – Ipatov, Alexander (2613)Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2665) – Cheparinov, Ivan (2672)Rapport, Richard (2680) – Nevednichy, Vladislav (2590)Heroes of this opening Morozevich, A.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6
FianchettoAggressive
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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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