B40 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Drazic Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4a6
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Sicilian Defense: Drazic Variation765k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
31%236k54%
17%127k53%
16%121k49%
9.7%74k53%
7.4%56k53%
5.1%39k56%
4%31k48%
2.7%21k53%
2.5%19k53%
1.7%13k53%
Famous games in this line84 master games
Miton, Kamil (2629) – Drazic, Sinisa (2546)Zhang, Pengxiang (2591) – Wang, Chen (2490)Cheparinov, Ivan (2550) – Paunovic, Dragan (2517)Korneev, Oleg (2559) – Paunovic, Dragan (2504)Delchev, Aleksander (2583) – Drazic, Sinisa (2462)Moussard, Jules (2435) – David, Alberto (2590)Socko, B. (2623) – Dimakiling, O. (2400)Vedmediuc, S. (2464) – Manolache, M. (2517)Heroes of this opening Miton, Kamil · Cheparinov, Ivan · David, Alberto · Socko, B.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B40
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 a6
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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.
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