B52 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Haag Gambit
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.Bb5+Bd74.Bxd7+Qxd75.O-ONc66.c3Nf67.d4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Haag Gambit7.2k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
cxd462%4.5k41%
Nxe433%2.3k42%
e62.4%17147%
g61.3%9438%
e50.7%5140%
b60.1%1025%
O-O-O0.1%933%
Rd80.1%743%
Qc70.1%667%
c40.1%625%
Famous games in this line694 master games
Adams, Michael (2680) – Anand, Viswanathan (2765)Nakamura, Hi (2746) – Adly, A. (2626)Zhigalko, Sergei (2671) – Sjugirov, Sanan (2626)Filippov, An UZB (2615) – Wei Yi (2638)Ulibin, Mikhail (2586) – Sutovsky, Emil (2666)Nevednichy, Vladislav (2563) – Georgiev, Kiril (2676)Nevednichy, Vladislav (2588) – Sakaev, Konstantin (2630)Baklan, Vladimir (2600) – Najer, Evgeniy (2608)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · 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
- B52
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4
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