Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Swiss Cheese Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Bd3g6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Swiss Cheese Variation7.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
57%4.0k50%
11%75852%
9.3%66148%
5.6%39652%
5.4%38048%
1.9%13842%
1.8%12752%
1.4%9757%
1.3%9554%
1.2%8659%
Famous games in this line1.0k master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2779) – Bologan, Viktor (2732)Shirov, Alexei (2739) – Kamsky, Gata (2714)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735) – Shirov, Alexei (2690)Anand, V. (2773) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2639)Karjakin, Sergey (2694) – Bacrot, Etienne (2695)Naiditsch, A. (2702) – Rapport, R. (2686)Khalifman, Alexander (2700) – Ye, Jiangchuan (2677)Mamedov, Rauf (2660) – Kamsky, Gata (2713)Heroes of this opening Shirov, Alexei · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Anand, V. · Karjakin, Sergey
- 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 g6
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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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