B50 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Kopec System
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.Bd3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Kopec System62k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
34%21k52%
33%21k51%
8.9%5.5k47%
7.7%4.8k49%
7.1%4.4k53%
4.4%2.7k50%
2.8%1.7k49%
0.5%32147%
0.3%19744%
0.3%17846%
Famous games in this line61 master games
Rapport, R. (2776) – Wojtaszek, R. (2696)Aronian, Levon (2752) – Grischuk, Alexander (2717)Rapport, R. (2763) – Volokitin, And (2677)Rapport, R. (2763) – Shevchenko, Kirill (2655)Svidler, P.. (2714) – Pichot, A.. (2630)Zvjaginsev, V. (2644) – Sarana, A. (2651)Zvjaginsev, V. (2643) – Sjugirov, S. (2650)Zvjaginsev, V. (2643) – Kokarev, Dm (2617)Heroes of this opening Rapport, R. · Aronian, Levon · Svidler, P.. · Sarana, A.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B50
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3
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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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