B20 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation
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1.e4c52.c4d63.Nc3Nc64.g3h5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation789 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%38246%
27%21259%
21%16252%
1.1%944%
1.1%956%
1%838%
0.4%367%
0.3%250%
0.3%2100%
Famous games in this line3 master games
Rogers, Ian (2510) – Gutman, Lev (2485)Batsanin, Dmitry (2298) – Nizamov, Ildar (2450)Rego, P. (2235) – Fernandes, Ant (2368)Heroes of this opening Rogers, Ian · Nizamov, Ildar · Fernandes, Ant
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 h5
Fianchetto
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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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