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Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Dorfman Gambit

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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.Bb5+Nc64.O-OBd75.Qe2g66.e5
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Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Dorfman Gambit129 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%5255%
33%4345%
16%2057%
5.4%764%
3.9%520%
0.8%10%
0.8%10%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Kuzmin, Gennadi P (2535) – Dorfman, Josif D (2550)19781–0
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B51
Line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Qe2 g6 6. e5
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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