Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Godiva Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Qb6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Godiva Variation661k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%296k49%
28%187k54%
13%83k47%
6.2%41k34%
3.3%22k24%
2%13k54%
1.8%12k48%
0.5%3.5k50%
0.1%60420%
0.1%57619%
Famous games in this line3.8k master games
Anand, Viswanathan (2794) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2797)Anand, Viswanathan (2790) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2795)Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Gelfand, Boris (2676)Karjakin, Sergey (2783) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751)Adams, Michael (2755) – Morozevich, Alexander (2756)Topalov, Veselin (2767) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2733)So, W. (2771) – Andreikin, D. (2729)Kramnik, Vladimir (2812) – Fressinet, L. (2687)Heroes of this opening Anand, Viswanathan · Carlsen, Magnus · Kramnik, Vladimir
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B32
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 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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