Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit, Andreaschek Gambit
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1.e4c52.d4cxd43.Nf3e54.c3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit, Andreaschek Gambit164k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%90k48%
30%49k42%
8.2%13k41%
2.5%4.1k48%
1.5%2.5k44%
0.9%1.4k46%
0.7%1.1k26%
0.5%77743%
0.4%72039%
0.2%24639%
Famous games in this line50 master games
Noble, Mark F (2552) – Staniszewski, Jerzy (2509)Schneider, Ilja (2482) – Rogic, Davor (2571)Betker, Jörg (2481) – Jendrian, Michael (2487)Kurenkov, Nikolai (2422) – Novikov, Stanislav (2514)Schneider, German (2467) – Savoca, Alfredo (2467)Tinture, Laurent (2465) – Prozorovsky, Vyacheslav Grigorie (2461)Ardelean, George Catalin (2503) – Baratosi, Daniel (2412)De Vleeschauwer, M. (2293) – Svane, Frederik (2600)Heroes of this opening Noble, Mark F · Svane, Frederik
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B21
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3
Gambit
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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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