Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation, Main Line
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3g66.f4Nbd7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation, Main Line10k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
26%2.7k45%
21%2.1k49%
17%1.7k50%
12%1.2k51%
10%1.0k44%
3.9%40153%
2.6%26549%
1.8%18036%
1.6%16241%
1.2%12747%
Famous games in this line69 master games
Smeets, Jan (2643) – Sebenik, Matej (2511)Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2590) – Miles, Anthony J (2545)Hendriks, Willy (2378) – Tiviakov, Sergei (2611)Andersson, Ulf (2535) – Garcia, Raimundo (2420)Hendriks, Willy (2373) – Tiviakov, Sergei (2567)Bernadskiy, V. (2583) – Grebeniuk, S. (2343)Calvo Minguez, Ricardo (2470) – Kaplan, Julio P (2455)Rantanen, Yrjo A (2395) – Karlsson, Lars (2520)Heroes of this opening Tiviakov, Sergei · Smeets, Jan · Miles, Anthony J · Garcia, Raimundo
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B71
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7
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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