B33 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e56.Ndb5d67.Bg5a68.Na3Be6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation53k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nd534%18k49%
Nc423%12k59%
Bxf615%7.7k54%
Bc413%7.1k49%
Be26.1%3.2k49%
Bd33.6%1.9k47%
Qd21.9%1.0k46%
f31.2%62545%
g31%51857%
Qf30.2%11343%
Famous games in this line880 master games
Vachier Lagrave, M. (2763) – Mamedyarov, S. (2762)Grischuk, A. (2747) – Gelfand, B. (2734)Harikrishna, P. (2752) – Radjabov, T. (2722)Leko, P. (2693) – Mamedov, Rau (2688)Kryvoruchko, Y. (2693) – Iturrizaga, E. (2650)Kamsky, Gata (2695) – Polgar, Judit (2630)Georgiev, Kiril (2610) – Shirov, Alexei (2710)Karpov, Anatoly (2720) – Nunn, John DM (2590)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S. · Kryvoruchko, Y. · Polgar, Judit · Georgiev, Kiril
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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
- B33
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6
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