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
31%6.3k47%
14%2.8k45%
13%2.7k37%
8.8%1.8k36%
6.6%1.3k46%
3.7%76143%
3.5%72040%
3.2%64345%
2.8%56242%
2.1%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.
- 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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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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