B40 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Gaw-Paw Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Qb6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Gaw-Paw Variation20k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nb331%6.3k47%
Be214%2.8k45%
Be313%2.7k37%
Bc48.8%1.8k36%
e56.6%1.3k46%
a33.7%76143%
f33.5%72040%
Ndb53.2%64345%
Rb12.8%56242%
Bd32.1%43431%
Famous games in this line109 master games
Felgaer, Ruben (2591) – So, Wesley (2610)Comas Fabrego, Luis (2516) – Speelman, Jonathan S (2623)Adhiban, Baskaran (2608) – Rahman, Zia (2486)Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (2585) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2490)Yu, Yangyi (2433) – So, Wesley (2641)Szabo, G ROM. (2562) – Mihok, O. (2510)Van den Doel, Erik (2547) – McShane, Luke J (2480)Kosintseva, T. (2483) – Cramling, P. (2518)Heroes of this opening Speelman, Jonathan S · Morovic Fernandez, Ivan · Van den Doel, Erik · Kosintseva, T.
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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.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B40
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6
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