B33 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Exchange Variation
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e56.Nxc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Exchange Variation448k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
96%428k53%
3.7%17k58%
0.7%3.0k10%
0.1%25910%
0%1537%
0%728%
0%3116%
0%1911%
0%110%
0%510%
Famous games in this line59 master games
Sahl, Bjarke (2391) – Johannessen, Leif Erlend (2543)Kosasih, Cecep (2408) – So, Wesley (2526)Sahl, Bjarke (2389) – Hausrath, Daniel (2529)Kofidis, Andreas (2405) – Nikolaidis, Ioannis (2495)Kofidis, Andreas (2405) – Tzermiadianos, Andreas (2440)Kandic, Milan (2248) – McShane, Luke J (2592)Mrva, Martin (2468) – Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud (2352)Mrva, Martin (2410) – Manik, Mikulas (2395)Heroes of this opening Mrva, Martin · Nikolaidis, Ioannis · Kofidis, Andreas · McShane, Luke J
- 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. Nxc6
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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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