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
34%81745%
32%79049%
13%30439%
5%12257%
5%12138%
3.6%8747%
2.8%6947%
1.9%4750%
0.8%1945%
0.7%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
- 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
Sharp
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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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