B74 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Maróczy Line
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3g66.Be2Bg77.O-OO-O8.Be3Nc69.Nb3Be610.f4Na5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Maróczy Line2.4k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nxa534%81745%
f532%79049%
Nd413%30439%
e55%12257%
Bf35%12138%
Nd23.6%8747%
Kh12.8%6947%
g41.9%4750%
Qd20.8%1945%
Qe10.7%1842%
Famous games in this line163 master games
Rublevsky, Sergei (2697) – Areshchenko, Alexander (2664)Timman, Jan H (2660) – Hjartarson, Johann (2610)Svidler, Peter (2650) – Hodgson, Julian M (2550)Glek, Igor V (2615) – Lobron, Eric (2580)Tiviakov, Sergei (2650) – Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio (2520)Negi, Parimarjan (2639) – Grigoryan, Karen H (2510)Solozhenkin, E. (2441) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2629)Campora, Daniel Hugo (2543) – Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2519)Heroes of this opening Areshchenko, Alexander · Hjartarson, Johann · Svidler, Peter · Glek, Igor V
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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.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B74
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5
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