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 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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