B27 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl, Exchange Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3g63.d4Bg74.dxc5Qa5+5.Nc3Bxc3+6.bxc3Qxc3+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl, Exchange Variation24k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
98%24k51%
1.2%29736%
0.7%17836%
0.2%4813%
Famous games in this line77 master games
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2516) – Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2659)Sanduleac, Vasile (2518) – Istratescu, Andrei (2615)Naiditsch, Arkadij (2484) – Kuzmin, Alexey (2588)Georgiev, Krum (2468) – Macieja, Bartlomiej (2593)Fercec, Nenad (2450) – Eingorn, Vereslav S (2589)Bologan, Viktor (2650) – Borg, Geoffrey (2367)Stefanova, Antoaneta (2514) – Hoffman, Alejandro (2491)Solak, Dragan (2490) – Kovacevic, Aleksandar (2513)Heroes of this opening Macieja, Bartlomiej · Eingorn, Vereslav S · Bologan, Viktor
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+
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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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