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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)2005½–½Sanduleac, Vasile (2518) – Istratescu, Andrei (2615)2006½–½Naiditsch, Arkadij (2484) – Kuzmin, Alexey (2588)2001½–½Georgiev, Krum (2468) – Macieja, Bartlomiej (2593)20050–1Fercec, Nenad (2450) – Eingorn, Vereslav S (2589)20010–1Bologan, Viktor (2650) – Borg, Geoffrey (2367)20031–0Stefanova, Antoaneta (2514) – Hoffman, Alejandro (2491)2000½–½Solak, Dragan (2490) – Kovacevic, Aleksandar (2513)2000½–½
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+
Fianchetto
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Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation2…d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 …Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Jaffe Variation2…e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 …Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Main Line2…Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 …
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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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