B45 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nc65.Nc3Nf66.Nxc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation530k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
98%520k52%
1.7%8.9k49%
0.1%4387%
0.1%43710%
0%12616%
0%6713%
0%375%
0%346%
0%268%
0%1825%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Firouzja, Alireza (2804) – Rapport, R. (2776)Caruana, F. (2786) – Rapport, R. (2776)Aronian, L.. (2781) – Mamedyarov, S.. (2770)Vachier Lagrave, M.. (2784) – Dominguez Perez, L.. (2758)So, W. (2778) – Mamedyarov, S. (2762)Gashimov, Vugar (2761) – Radjabov, Teimour (2773)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2738) – Caruana, F. (2789)Kasparov, Garry (2849) – Grischuk, Alexander (2663)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S.. · Vachier Lagrave, M.. · Radjabov, Teimour · Kasparov, Garry
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B45
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6
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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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