B42 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Gipslis Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Bd3Nf66.O-Od67.c4g6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Gipslis Variation426 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nc368%28951%
Bg510%4347%
Be36.1%2648%
b35.9%2562%
h32.1%961%
Re11.4%667%
Qe21.4%675%
f40.9%438%
Qc20.9%450%
Nf30.9%450%
Famous games in this line274 master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2660) – Kamsky, Gata (2686)Kokarev, Dm (2598) – Sjugirov, S. (2663)Durarbeyli, Vasif (2539) – Naiditsch, Arkadij (2712)Geller, Efim P (2620) – Tal, Mihail (2615)Yudasin, Leonid (2600) – Movsesian, Sergei (2630)Spassky, Boris V (2630) – Huebner, Robert (2595)Bacrot, Etienne (2720) – Chernuschevich, Alexei (2497)Tal, Mihail (2705) – Kurajica, Bojan (2505)Heroes of this opening Karjakin, Sergey · Yudasin, Leonid · Bacrot, Etienne · Tal, Mihail
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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.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B42
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6
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