Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl
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1.e4c52.Nf3g63.d4Bg7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl1.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%550k49%
22%379k50%
16%278k48%
10%176k48%
8.3%142k52%
4.4%75k49%
3.7%63k43%
1.4%24k52%
0.4%6.8k48%
0.4%6.6k46%
Famous games in this line2.6k master games
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2708) – Carlsen, Magnus (2775)Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2673) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2764)Dominguez Perez, L. (2754) – Van Wely, L. (2672)Timofeev, Artyom (2681) – Wang, Yue (2736)Adams, Michael (2715) – Tkachiev, Vladislav (2670)Dubov, Daniil (2703) – Zvjaginsev, V. (2644)Andersson, Ulf (2630) – Gelfand, Boris (2685)Matlakov, M. (2674) – Ponkratov, P. (2641)Heroes of this opening Ponomariov, Ruslan · Timofeev, Artyom · Adams, Michael · Ponkratov, P.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B27
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7
Fianchetto
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation4.Nc3 Qa5 · 3 deeper linesPterodactyl Defense: Western, Rhamphorhynchus4.dxc5 Qa5 · 3 deeper linesPterodactyl Defense: Sicilian, Unpin4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2Pterodactyl Defense: Sicilian, Anhanguera4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3
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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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