B43 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Christiansen's Dream
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Nc3b56.Bd3Qb67.Be3Bc58.Qg4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Christiansen's Dream83 games · Black to move
Only 83 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bxd496%8057%
g63.6%367%
Famous games in this line33 master games
Gallagher, Joseph G (2514) – Milov, Vadim (2626)Kogan, Artur (2535) – Oratovsky, Michael (2588)Akshayraj, Kore (2483) – Fedorchuk, Sergey A (2639)Beshukov, Sergei (2463) – Landa, Konstantin (2610)Danin, Alexandre (2527) – Papin, Vasily (2541)Hebden, Mark (2560) – Lalic, Bogdan (2501)Goloshchapov, Alexander (2526) – Tolnai, Tibor (2502)Milu, Romeo Sorin (2475) – Sulava, Nenad (2531)Heroes of this opening Fedorchuk, Sergey A · Lalic, Bogdan · Sulava, Nenad
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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
- B43
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Qg4
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