Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack
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1.e4c52.b3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack1.7M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%740k51%
21%367k51%
15%268k51%
5.2%91k50%
5.2%90k50%
4.4%77k53%
3.3%57k50%
1.5%26k51%
0.2%3.1k43%
Famous games in this line3.1k master games
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2760) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)Carlsen, M. (2881) – Leitao, R. (2645)Morozevich, A. (2731) – Nakamura, Hi (2775)Andreikin, D. (2712) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2791)Kramnik, Vladimir (2796) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2695)Aronian, Levon (2752) – Morozevich, Alexander (2721)Navara, D. (2734) – Wojtaszek, R. (2727)Vallejo Pons, F. (2710) – Grischuk, A. (2745)Heroes of this opening Anand, Viswanathan · Carlsen, M. · Nakamura, Hi · Vachier Lagrave, M.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. b3
FianchettoAggressive
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation2…b6Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit2…d5 3.Bb2
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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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