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Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation

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1.e4c52.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation35k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%13k56%
26%9.0k54%
12%4.3k61%
12%4.2k55%
3.7%1.3k55%
2.9%1.0k54%
2.5%88355%
1.1%37051%
0.8%29856%
0.5%17558%
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B20
Line
1. e4 c5 2. g4
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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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