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Sicilian Defense: Franco-Sicilian Variation

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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4e6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Franco-Sicilian Variation1.3M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
54%718k64%
11%150k50%
11%149k57%
5.9%79k52%
5.7%77k56%
5%67k55%
2.9%39k53%
1.6%22k57%
1.2%16k54%
0.3%4.5k53%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Sosulin, Eduard (2349) – Vasiliev, Vladimir P (2351)2013½–½Daurelle, Herve (2243) – Bonehill (+), Andrew (2270)2009½–½Packroff, Hermann (2241) – Lindberg, William J. (2222)2019½–½Thurlow, Kevin J. (2260) – Herriot, Brian James (2151)20201–0
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B32
Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6
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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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