B43 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Spraggett Attack
13/13
1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Nc3b56.Bd3Qb67.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Spraggett Attack589 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%25451%
21%12444%
18%10843%
11%6640%
2.9%1744%
1%633%
0.8%540%
0.7%425%
0.3%250%
0.2%150%
Famous games in this line643 master games
Grischuk, Alexander (2746) – Svidler, Peter (2739)Ponomariov, R. (2706) – Svidler, P. (2759)Grischuk, A. (2750) – Rapport, R. (2698)Grischuk, Alexander (2715) – Kamsky, Gata (2714)Movsesian, S. (2673) – Andreikin, D. (2737)Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2690) – Kamsky, Gata (2714)Grischuk, A. (2772) – Khismatullin, D. (2632)Adams, Michael (2731) – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2652)Heroes of this opening Svidler, Peter · Ponomariov, R. · Grischuk, A. · Andreikin, D.
- 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. Nf3
Aggressive
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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.
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