Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with a4
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1.e4c52.a4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with a4103k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
44%45k54%
20%21k53%
16%16k55%
6.1%6.3k56%
4%4.1k55%
3.5%3.6k52%
2.3%2.4k50%
1.7%1.7k55%
1.4%1.5k47%
0.9%93254%
Famous games in this line31 master games
Kasimdzhanov, R. (2685) – Tabatabaei, M. (2714)Kasimdzhanov, R. (2678) – Mamedov, Rau (2657)Kasimdzhanov, R. (2678) – Mamedov, Rau (2657)Morozevich, A. (2659) – Bocharov, D. (2519)Martí Pericot, Juan Manuel (2489) – Noble, Mark F (2574)Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (2434) – Idani, P. (2611)Pechac, Jergus (2578) – Feuerstack, A. (2466)Gumularz, Szymon (2579) – Koelle, Tobias (2414)Heroes of this opening Kasimdzhanov, R. · Mamedov, Rau · Bocharov, D. · Idani, P.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. a4
Aggressive
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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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