Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Flohr Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Qc7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Flohr Variation264k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
57%149k51%
14%37k50%
8.2%22k50%
6.2%16k52%
3.8%9.9k52%
2.3%6.2k49%
2.1%5.6k50%
1.8%4.7k49%
1.6%4.2k46%
0.9%2.4k47%
Famous games in this line3.2k master games
Kasparov, Garry (2851) – Anand, Viswanathan (2769)Kramnik, Vladimir (2770) – Anand, Viswanathan (2782)Shirov, Alexei (2751) – Anand, Viswanathan (2769)Leko, Peter (2741) – Anand, Viswanathan (2774)Shirov, Alexei (2746) – Anand, Viswanathan (2762)Adams, Michael (2716) – Anand, Viswanathan (2781)Akopian, Vladimir (2689) – Anand, Viswanathan (2774)Kasparov, Garry (2770) – Anand, Viswanathan (2650)Heroes of this opening Anand, Viswanathan · Leko, Peter · Kasparov, Garry
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B32
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7
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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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